Oh-a! Medium Killed The “Chosen For Further Distribution” Star

…plus auto-curation, partnerships with Top Publications, and much more.

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Okay, first of all, I love this song from The Buggles.

That’s why I used their lyrics to create some tension and excitement.

As you might (not) know, Medium killed the old way curation worked on Medium.

To be more specific, they killed the “Chosen for further distribution” tag.

Medium removed the notification about what was curated or not.

Well, getting curated used to be one of the hottest topics on the platform.

Especially for new writers who were longing for some validation, it was the holy grail to get a story hand-picked by Medium’s editorial team or AI.

If this happened writers saw this on the Stats Page:

Now you only hear crickets.

O-ha. There’s no “Chosen for further distribution” tag anymore that motivates you to keep going.