Whether it’s hearts or claps it’s still all crap. Just another form of social media mind control.
What kind of writing always goes to the head of the class? Listicles, as some of my kindred writers have noted. And pretty much any topic with the ping potential of political correctness. Who and what it’s appropriate to scorn or laud du jour. Not that those subjects shouldn’t be discussed. More that, Medium is yet another realm of preaching to the choir.
And what’s with 50 claps? Who has that long of an attention span anymore? By like clap 22 I would have forgotten what the fuck I was reading that was so meaningful anyway. And my poor abused thumb would be bored out of its fuckin wits.
Claps are juvenile ass shit, Ev Williams.
Claps are great for speakers at TED X but that doesn’t translate here, where hard numbers tell the tale as much as the words. Instead, just give the read count. Or, if we must have symbols, a 1–5 star rating system. Even a single gold star would be plenty. Just like in elementary school, ⭐️ = excellent. That’s something any Medium writer would be pleased to see.
