Blogging platform Medium has released a simple app for the iPhone that allows users to read articles from the site. They’re presented as a feed that’s recommended for you automatically, though articles that have been recommended by people you follow feature their mug shot next to the title.
The app does not, in its current incarnation, feature any writing or composition features this is for reading things on Medium only, not creating them.
Twitter co-founder and Medium creator Ev Williams has posted an article about what the Medium app is about, and he says that, after consideration, the team decided to produce an app created just for reading.
“When we started working on this six months ago,” says Williams, “we debated a lot about the purpose of the app. Was it just for reading? Should you write on it? If just for reading, what would be better about it than just using the mobile web.”
Read also:
Medium launches iPhone app for reading stories on the go (The Verge)
Medium's new iPhone app helps you read (but not write) long articles (Engadget)
Medium finally hits mobile with iPhone blog-reading app (GigaOM)
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