Fair criticism, though they seem to be providing more how-to guides of late.

That said, finding out by experimentation, or just asking fellow writers, is also a fun way of engaging with the platform's mechanics and community, if you're not in a rush.

And if you mess up and post something full of broken links and erroneous tags, that's fine, since we all know the Medium motto is 'Test servers are for wimps - go hard on live, or go home. Lay on, Macduff, and damn'd be him that first cries, 'Roll back - it's bust!'.