Medium.com
Medium is a blogging platform that removed pertinent information about Gamergate.
Contents
Notable articles deleted from Medium
- Did Brianna Wu Ever Leave Her Home in Mid-October? by Nick Monroe, December 2014.
- Dear Anti-GamerGate, I am #NotYourBullet. by Transeye West, 27 Sep 2015, was threatened with deletion for sharing the public information that Brianna Wu is transgender.
- femfreq dindu nuffin by Dan H. Mapplethorpe 16 Feb 2016
- Brianna Wu: Zoe Quinn's Biggest Mistake by GethN7, Aug 2016, was deleted for citing a leaked instant messaging log.[1]
- Medium banned independent journalists and commentators Mike Cernovich, Jack Posobiec, and Laura Loomer in February 2018.[2]
- WWG1WGA: The greatest communications event in history by Martin Geddes, Jul 11, 2018, alleges that QAnon is a military intelligence project. Medium banned Geddes for writing this article.[3]
- Four articles by @Vortac about Gridcoin were shadowbanned.[4]
- Guns Don’t Kill People, School Psychologists Do by Kantbot2000, Apr 24 2019. Medium banned Kantbot2000 for writing this article.[5][6]
Structure
Board
Board members as of April 2016:[7]
- Ev Williams - founder
- Ben Horowitz
- Judy Estrin
- Josh Elman
- Biz Stone
Former board members:
- David Sze - stepped down around April 2016
Investors
Investors listed on Crunchbase:[1]
Series A
Jan 28, 2014 - $25 million [2]
- Tim O'Reilly
- Science Inc.
- SV Angel - Ronald Conway
- Philip Kaplan
- Peter Chernin
- Michael Ovitz
- Lowercase Capital - Chris Sacca
- James Hong
- Greylock Partners - David Sze, Josh Elman
- Gary Vaynerchuk
Series B
Sep 28, 2015 - $57 million [3]
New investors:
Series C
Apr 21, 2016 - $50 million [4]
New investors:
References
- ↑ GethN7, Medium Made Me Take Down My Post On "Brianna Wu: Zoe Quinn's Biggest Mistake" (rehosted now on Allthink, with link to a photo of the email with the reason for why I had to take it down), KotakuInAction, 30 Aug 2016 https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/509bwo/medium_made_me_take_down_my_post_on_brianna_wu/ https://archive.is/qVyEl
- ↑ William Usher, Medium Censors Conservative Authors Following Policy Update, One Angry Gamer, February 21 2018, https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2018/02/medium-censors-conservative-authors-following-policy-update/52112/ https://archive.is/NcHO9
- ↑ Martin Geddes, I have been censored by Medium for writing about QAnon, https://mailchi.mp/martingeddes/i-have-been-censored-by-medium-for-writing-about-qanon https://archive.is/Mr23h
- ↑ Vortac, Shadowbanned by Medium.com, 1/6/2019 https://steemit.com/gridcoin/@vortac/shadowbanned-by-medium-com
- ↑ Tom Pappert, Medium Bans Author After Article on Role of Public School Culture and Psychology in Mass Shootings, Big League Politics, Apr 26, 2019, https://bigleaguepolitics.com/medium-bans-author-after-article-on-role-of-public-school-culture-and-psychology-in-mass-shootings/ https://archive.is/doZ4A
- ↑ Amanda Prestigiacomo, Writer's 'Medium' Account Suspended After Challenging School Shooting Narrative, Daily Wire, April 26, 2019, https://www.dailywire.com/news/46466/writers-medium-account-suspended-challenging-amanda-prestigiacomo https://archive.is/2lDwY
- ↑ Ev Williams, Medium Adds to Board, Bank Account, Medium.com, Apr 21, 2016 https://blog.medium.com/medium-adds-to-board-bank-account-ada7f0059b9b
