What if Medium had been designed from the start to be the Mother Node of a network of clones. The basic software would be available for installing on your own server, but if you want, there's a place you can put your document today, now, quickly, where everyone will be able to read it, now and for the foreseeable future. #
I wanted to do this as a community project a couple of years ago. It didn't happen. I've thought it through, have software for it, including the core editor which is already a popular open source project. If you want to try it out, start here. #
This could be the cornerstone of the #indieweb, imho. It is work that's totally worth doing. #