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Medium Took Away My Sparkle

Why are we going backwards these days?

Grace Bianco
3 min readApr 19, 2023

By Grace K. Bianco

Taking away something so small feels like a step backwards.

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A lot of us writers have had our moments of griping about something regarding Medium. I have written my own articles on various things that I dislike about Medium, and I have read and agreed with many other articles on the same or different issues.

I am glad to not be the CEO of Medium. Hearing writers complain would be so hard and annoying. I mean we are writers… So, we tend to have a lot to say. I am glad that I don’t have to deal with us.

However, there are certain changes that come about where I just can’t help but wonder why.

Just recently, Medium made another small change. One so insignificant that I can’t help but question the true purpose behind it.

Medium took away our tiny privilege of personalizing our pages. Our “sparkle” was taken away.

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We no longer have colorful pages.

Why can’t my page be pink? How is taking away my ability to personalize helping…

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Grace Bianco
Grace Bianco

Written by Grace Bianco

I am the author of “Party Pooper: Growing up with Anxiety.” I love oversharing my life. I talk about my faith, marriage, mental health, & everything in between.

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