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Medium wants writers to work together

LINK: medium.com ➚ | Posted by: Justin Ellis | April 10, 2013

Medium, the publishing/reading/thought collecting platform, is still in its early developmental stages. Today, Ev Williams announced a new feature that lets people collaborate on a single piece of writing. With a click of a button you can loop in friends to help you edit or make suggestions for your work. Interestingly, when you add collaborators, they’re invited to start writing on Medium if they don’t already have access.

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