Let’s Talk about Medium Suspensions

Medium Suspended Me — Then Unsuspended Me — Then Messed Up Again

Such an Ordeal

Jijo George
4 min readMar 7, 2024

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As some of you may know a bunch of accounts have been suspended because they were supposedly growth hacking(response to someone I know).

Mine was also temporarily suspended.

What is considered Growth Hacking As Per Medium?

“We do not encourage request for engagement for inflated earning”

“Reciprocal ring of mutual engagement”

Now I have not asked for engagement ever, but I do read the content of anyone who comments genuinely on my stories as it makes me curious about their content. This builds relationships. Is this a growth hack?

The total absence of any kind of sensible algorithm within Medium is the reason that even Barack Obama does not have people reading his content.

It is idiotic that you have an option of subscription for every writer, but if you engage when they put a new story, then it may be considered a growth hack.

I was Suspended In Error

They introduced FOM and I upgraded for a whole year last year because I saw value in the content I was…

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Jijo George

Australian writing about the world we live in, self-help, and being financially independent.. buymeacoffee.com/jijogeorge .Do visit me at https://jijogeorge.com