A nice reminder that while places like Medium allow you to share your writing easily, you're still playing by someone else's rules.

The allure of other playgrounds, that already have lots of people using their jungle gym and interacting, is great. It’s hard (and far less fun) to play with your bouncy ball all by yourself. But if you want to ensure you’ve always got access to a bouncy ball and some killer monkey bars, you’ve got to be the one who owns them.

— Whose playground are you playing in? by Paul Jarvis