My personal experience was having written several articles based on my experiences that did get some views and claps or whatever. Hopefully they helped some people out.
Yet, I was below some sort of threshold to be in the club that would get me a few pennies if enough people read them, so I was kicked out of that program.
Not that the program mattered, but getting kicked out for not being popular enough was annoying, so I just stopped using the platform.
I still get a weekly summary that says my articles are being regularly read, which doesn’t seem likely. They appear to be made up numbers.
It feels like the platform quickly became another Quora and is 90% junk.
Not sure how you’ll regain the initial trust and stature Medium seemed to have, but best of luck. FWIW, I do like the site design and reading/writing experience. Keep it simple.
Thank you. And I'm sorry we kicked you out. It was a rough cut and I think too rough. Also, we are stingy with our view counts so I think they are slightly more real than what would be reported elsewhere. For example, they are lower than what Google Analytics would tell you and much, much lower than what Quora or LinkedIn report.
Yet, I was below some sort of threshold to be in the club that would get me a few pennies if enough people read them, so I was kicked out of that program.
Not that the program mattered, but getting kicked out for not being popular enough was annoying, so I just stopped using the platform.
I still get a weekly summary that says my articles are being regularly read, which doesn’t seem likely. They appear to be made up numbers.
It feels like the platform quickly became another Quora and is 90% junk.
Not sure how you’ll regain the initial trust and stature Medium seemed to have, but best of luck. FWIW, I do like the site design and reading/writing experience. Keep it simple.