I feel the speed’s fine, as long as you’re not trying to be too accurate. I just hold it down for as long as ‘feels right’, without worrying too much about the numbers.
“I wish I could ‘like’ this repeatedly”? Yes, I’ve had that feeling, too. In fact, I was quite happy with claps, until I had the thought that maybe my ability to ‘clap’ more will also make me comment less often. So I’ve decided to counteract that by writing more comments ;-)
Medium weights your claps depending on how much you clap on average. So I’m going to be clapping once by default, and then adding more claps for the pieces I feel are really special.
I’m actually not so fond of the ‘applause’ concept; it seems a bit out of place in Medium’s ‘writing/publishing’ design. I suppose I get used to it. But I’m also wondering if there are any other terms that would fit better here?