Yes! “Dog Nose” is a Medium Tag

I Love This Place

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I recently used a photo of a dog nose to illustrate an article about Medium. As one does.

The Problem isn’t that Medium isn’t Paying enough for Good Writing

The dog nose had nothing to do with the content of the article of course, but years ago I came up with the trick of using a dog photo when I couldn’t find a better illustration for a Medium story, and it has served me well.

Why I Illustrate My Medium Posts with Dog Photos

If I can’t find a good photo to illustrate a story? You’ll get a photo of Fido.

So when it came time to illustrate my story about the fact that Medium maven Buster Benson had gone on the record saying that we writers can’t expect to earn a living here, I thought, “What kind of photo can I use to illustrate that?”

A photo of Buster Benson? A photo of all the money I wouldn’t be earning on Medium this month? A photo of hundreds of…