Writers, Would You Please Stop Checking Your Medium Stats?

This post is directed mostly at me.

Gabriela Rosales
Nov 6 · 2 min read

If you are a Medium writer, you probably know that option on the drop-down menu: stats.

Those pesky stats.

Don’t get me wrong; they are quite useful: they let you get a glimpse of how readers interact with the content you write. You get to spot your more…

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A high-school teacher in a Mexican border town by night, a writer and filmmaker by day. Autistic Mom to an Autistic Boy. Recovering food-addict.

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