That's totally true... Sometimes I spend so much time writing long articles where I actually share sincere emotions like the one about my uncle's addiction, only to discover that they make a fraction of what a 1 or 2-minute article can make.

And this happens across the platform... I'm not the only one complaining about that. With the introduction of features like 'shorts'—less than a minute-long videos—on platforms such as Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, etc., it seems that Medium is also moving in that direction