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Medium Responses — Why Are Writers Not Paid for Medium Responses?

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Source: Casey Botticello of Blogging Guide

One of the unique features of Medium is the comments section. Comments on Medium are referred to as responses.

As Ev Williams described in an older post:

Responses are posts. They are the same object in the system. They live at their own URL and can have responses and all the other features of posts on their own. This means, when someone replies they are on an equal playing field, which we’ve seen encourage substantive discourse.

Some other features of responses that make them like a Medium story:

• Responses may link back to the original story but they are hosted on their own URL and act like any post on Medium
• Responses allow images or embeds
• Responses can be structured with a title, subtitle, and all the other standard formatting features
• Views, reads, and other statistics are tracked related to responses
• You can applaud for responses just as you do for stories

And perhaps most importantly:

• Writers take the time to write responses, which help enrich Medium as a platform