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Can Someone Explain The MPP To Me?

I have 1,000 followers, hundreds of views, dozens of reads, and yet I don’t make any money.

Rex Shadeseagle
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3 min readMar 10, 2022

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To date, I have 1030 followers and last month I made $4.43 in story earnings. Does this mean that none of my followers read my articles? If that's the case, why follow me? I would rather have 100 followers who actually read my work than 1,000 who don’t read me at all.

It’s Not About the Money

I guess it seems like it though, huh? I just don’t understand, My stories are getting viewed…

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And they’re also getting read…

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So why am I not getting paid for the reads? According to the payout chart, I only have a few views…

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I genuinely wish someone could explain this to me. I’m not a very tech-savvy guy so I don’t know where to look for answers. I’m not going to lie, I am working my hardest to become a professional writer, but I have come to the realization that I am probably going to make any money on Medium, and that’s ok. I’ve got a new podcast…

And my Spiritual Life Coaching & Recovery Mentoring business is blowing up. I am getting into doing more work virtually, especially the Energy Healing work I am doing.

I Guess I’ll Just Keep Writing for Myself

I’ve been writing only for myself for so long that I guess the Universe has decided to run with that theme. For those of you who do read my work I genuinely love and…

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Written by Rex Shadeseagle

Author, Podcast Host, Public Speaker, Drug Prevention Specialist. My book, Know Love: A Memoir is now on sale https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09PM77J4J

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