Jared Johnson
Aug 28, 2017 · 1 min read

Medium is a free writing community with no advertisements as a core component to its philosophy. They’re likely hemorrhaging money to keep it afloat, all while preserving that vision. Are you suggesting it’s bad that they try to find alternative ways to pay the bills?

Clapping is pretty ridiculous. I’ve already made my jokes about it ad nauseam. But, if it helps Medium keep the lights on, so that people like you can write your content and share it with your 8,000 like-minded readers, why be against it?

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