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Goodbye, Redux
Yeah I know. I said this last year. Then I came back like an abused spouse. Here’s where things stand.
For those Dear Readers who have stuck it out with me, please hear me out. Last year I opened up a Patreon account on my website. That effort afforded me about fifty followers whose support I treasure, whose input I respect, and whose suggestions are taken very seriously.
The website is free. You don’t have to support me to read my stuff. However from here on out I am no longer either writing anything new on Medium, nor am I going to republish my stuff here from my website. Several reasons for that, about which I have previously written plenty enough.
Those of you who like (or love) my writing but are financially strapped, I get it. Look, I am buying markdown produce until I get a new company off the ground. I realize Medium is a better deal if you want variety. But if you want my newest material, please visit www.WalkaboutSaga.com.
Again, you can read for free. Welcome over.
March would have made five years for me on Medium. Like so very many, I rode out those five years through repeated overhauls, lost income, scrabbling my way back, which just got exhausting. The last overhaul ripped my earnings by 95% and pretty much torpedoed my company. That was not only the final straw, but it was a fine lesson in the execrable behavior of Silicon Valley companies (which is mirrored by Lyft and Uber, for whom several friends drive and who are reporting identical behavior).
There are so many people to thank for their ongoing support. Nowhere is there a greater family than on Illumination, spearheaded by the inimitable Dr Mehmet Yildiz, who has built it with passion and love and respect. I will miss the interaction on Medium, the ability to highlight comments and what was always a joyous place to be until the financial rug got pulled out from under me one too many times.
I will on occasion check in, I may well post a response here and there, but I will no longer labor to post regularly, comment often or put my time into an entity that does not and will not ever care about its content creators. Illumination does, but they are a publication of Medium, not Medium…
