Content Strategy Insights
Can You Gain 168K Followers in 3 Months on Medium, Even as a Beginner or a Teenager?
Yes, gaining massive followers on Medium is possible, but it is not a useful strategy. There are better ways to succeed on this platform and beyond.
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Update 14/08: After publishing this story, some readers informed me that the title of the story by Zulie was changed, and I am delighted to know about this improvement, considering reader feedback. My story is about welcoming and celebrating fresh voices on Medium while explaining that follower count is the most useless metric for the success of writers. Medium as a community should stop promoting it to new writers. I give an informed perspective based on my experience and observation. I wrote this story in a raw format to appeal to a broad audience, using the pros and cons of the platform. I am an ardent supporter of Medium despite some recent changes that do not align with my writing/reading strategy.
The title of my story is not clickbait. It stems from an authoritative source — a…
