To Follow or Not To Follow
This 100 follower requirement is driving down proper engagement and quality.
I joined the Medium platform back in 2018 and for a while I was a very avid reader and publisher. I wrote almost daily and I couldn’t stop reading everything that came through my feed, I was addicted. It was better than Facebook and a welcome substitution for that poisonous platform.
I never made much, but I funded my Starbucks addiction from my stories and that was enough to make me think my work was worth it. I definitely enjoy it.
I became a top writer in Fiction and Short Stories very quickly, and that is still the highlight of my Medium career, even more than the money. However, real life took over and Medium faded away. I wrote one or two articles here and there, but it wasn’t an adamant part of my work life anymore and disappeared off of my priority list.
You can read about that drama here if you’re inclined, it’s a bit of a doozy and makes me shudder. Live and learn.
