It’s been quiet here on Medium.

Not in general. Medium is still buzzing. New writers everywhere, fresh stories, boosts, and more.

But I’ve been absent from Medium the past few weeks, really. Not intentionally. It was more of an accident.

Over the past weeks, I’ve realized that I’ve been mainly using Substack for all my content. I almost completely ditched Twitter in favor of Substack Notes, which was a genius decision, I might add.

The Substack-own social network is full of people who actually like to read stuff, in contrast to Twitter which is mainly spam, bots, and crappy content nowadays.

And with that switch, I also started to focus on my newsletter on Substack, creating content there, refining the issues, the layout, the feel, and more. At the same time, I published most long-form content on my own WordPress blog.

And Medium… was kind of left behind.

Don’t get me wrong, Medium is a fine place to publish longform content and make money. I still earn my monthly checks from my large catalog of stories here. And that’s sweet!

But I haven’t been motivated to keep up with publishing regularly here. Instead, I do it on Substack, which significantly grows my email list. And while it doesn’t directly turn into much money, apart from a small amount of paid subscription earnings, it does indirectly via SparkLoop, sponsored content, affiliate marketing, and more.

I won’t shut down my Medium account anytime soon. I love this platform, I am still a paying member and a reader. But I will publish less frequently here, and more so on Substack, my blog, and Notes.

This is not a recommendation for you. It’s not meant to drive you away from Medium. I do, however, feel Substack is a place any writer should check out right now.

It’s just a little explanation of why I haven’t been active on Medium lately.