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Did You See The Medium Update on Earnings?
At the foot of the original blog
Scott Lamb published an update at the foot of the Medium Blog post about suspended spam accounts a couple of days ago. The āupdateā says they are investigating the earnings fall out, and they do intend to direct āthe most money to the most genuine writersā.
So Coach Tonyās earlier comment that they are focusing on profits isnāt the whole picture or the end of the discussion. Cutting fees to near zero may not be deliberate, and perhaps shouldnāt 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 isnāt 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: Weāre looking into specific questions about earnings over the last few weeks. Weāre investigating to understand if and how those are related to the recent spike in abuse, the accounts weāve 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¦