Right there with you! Especially since I just read their “latest and greatest” update… Turns out, the “claps” will be the measure for how much a writer is paid, and the “membership fee” will be how those authors get paid.
Does that make sense? Sorry, tired.
Anyway, turns out there is a method to their madness, but I still don’t like it. I am in the minority here when I say, Medium was already sucking, but even more so after all these changes they started making. According to their new payment system, I wouldn’t get jack s$*t because I have a very limited audience. I write about alcoholism, and my experiences in sobriety. Not exactly news worthy, and not a high amount of readers either. Not to mention way too many stories on how to hack your life/ writing/ job/ nose/ etc.
Anyway, end of rant. Thanks for throwing this post out there :)
-Mindy
