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Did You See The Medium Update on Earnings?

At the foot of the original blog

Susie Kearley šŸ¹ Guinea pig slave
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3 min readJan 15, 2025

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Scott Lamb published an update at the foot of the Medium Blog post about suspended spam accounts a couple of days ago. The ā€˜updateā€™ says they are investigating the earnings fall out, and they do intend to direct ā€˜the most money to the most genuine writersā€™.

So Coach Tonyā€™s earlier comment that they are focusing on profits isnā€™t the whole picture or the end of the discussion. Cutting fees to near zero may not be deliberate, and perhaps shouldnā€™t have been applied to humans operating non-spam accounts ā€” e.g. real writers.

While, a few days ago, we could have been forgiven for taking his words to mean profit was everything, and the cuts to writersā€™ fees were a considered business decision, slashing fees to zero for real writers isnā€™t necessarily part of the plan. We have to be patient and wait for official news and updates.

This is what Scott Lamb saidā€¦

Update, January 13: Weā€™re looking into specific questions about earnings over the last few weeks. Weā€™re investigating to understand if and how those are related to the recent spike in abuse, the accounts weā€™ve suspended, and changes we made to earnings calculations. I know this can be frustrating. The goal, as stated here, is to get the most money to the most genuineā€¦

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Susie Kearley šŸ¹ Guinea pig slave
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Written by Susie Kearley šŸ¹ Guinea pig slave

Freelance journalist UK. Published in BBC Countryfile, The Mirror, Britain mag etc. Covers writing, health, psychology, memoir, current affairs, & environment.

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