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		at-fates-hands on July 31, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why I Left Medium I hope more people who have a greater pull then me continue to push the idea you can control your own content and it doesn't cost you your sanity. A lot of companies like Medium were created to simplify things. In reality, you give up quite a bit of control of your content to them.

scott_karana on July 31, 2013 [–]

I hope that for some people, Neocities is a useful alternative. :)

themodelplumber on July 31, 2013 | [–]

There's a good amount of platform distrust with Neocities, too, in that it has the feel of a sandbox and gives off the scent of "may go through some awkward growing pains." But what a great idea. Hope it gains traction.

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