Jianshu Writing Experience
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Jianshu’s writing experience is only slightly better than Notepad.
Minimalist Note Management
This is the article-editing page, with only two levels of abstraction:
- notebook list
- note list
- editor
Fewer levels are both advantageous and problematic. Simple operations reduce cognitive load, yet they will eventually increase an author’s overhead in managing articles.
Difficult Image Uploading
For eight whole years, Jianshu has still not solved the external-image upload issue.
External linking only fails sometimes, and many image hosts allow empty or any referer—Jianshu doesn’t even try, claiming local upload is the “correct” way. One wonders if the operators have ever tried writing on other platforms.
It’s hard to believe any writer would stay on just one platform. If a platform can’t let creators copy and paste easily, it can only remain niche.
No Review Process
Jianshu doesn’t seem to review content; I’ve never seen any review status—you publish, and the post is instantly available. If a platform barely reviews its content, perhaps we could do this and that…
Random IP Geolocation
Jianshu hasn’t actually implemented IP geolocation; the IP address refreshes with a random update every time.