so what's the deal with paragraph.xyz?  who's it compete with?  do you own your audience or does paragraph?  is it kind of a mix between medium and mirror.xyz?

oh i see... they actually do this exact comparison on the website lol.  cool, but i'd love to hear what people think as well beyond the feature comparison.

ok i'm playing with it now... native farcaster integration 🤔 , more web 2 UX than mirror with web 3 vibes like mirror... so far so good

cma.xyz. Founder /paragraph, ceo /mirror, previously at Google & Coinbase 

appreciate the response @colin!  i like the approach of being a bridge to web 3 and providing value on both sides of that bridge.  Mirror is a step function and paragraph seems to be a ramp.  will dig into it some more and swing back if i have questions!  thanks.

i do have a random question... why do you charge $50 for custom domains?  is it a pass thru cost or just market rate?

Imo Mirror is a more web3-native Medium, and Paragraph is a web 2.5 Substack.

We're focused on:
- distribution (discovery, FC integration)
- newsletters (email now, on-chain in the future)
- memberships (token-gated access)

using permissionless & compsable protocols wherever possible