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I Have a Few Concerns About Medium

Does anyone share the same concerns?

Stephen Sovie
The Partnered Pen
2 min readDec 22, 2023

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I originally published this story in December of 2023, and I still have the same concerns. I guess the more things change, the more they stay the same. So I am republishing it again.

I’ve been spending a good deal of time lately on Medium and as a result, I have a couple of questions.

Firstly, where are the stories from all of my followers? I have over 1.8K followers on Medium, and I naturally want to support them. However, I can’t seem to find their stories. I know they must be writing, but where are their stories? When I go to my Medium homepage to look for stories, I always click on the “Following” link to search for stories. While I can find some, I often can’t locate a story that I know has been written.

When I click on “For You”, I find a list of recent stories, and then stories from months past begin to appear, after which the page abruptly ends. Why is that? There must be many more stories. Clicking on other topics, I often discover only a very few recent stories. There must be many more that have been written.

Secondly, I have a complaint about my ‘Notifications.’ I receive notifications when someone follows me, highlights one of my stories, or responds to my story. Additionally, I get notifications when ‘someone…

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Stephen Sovie
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Written by Stephen Sovie

A liberal retiree who loves writing about politics, social issues, pets, and my life experiences. You can buy me coffee here: https://ko-fi.com/stephensovie

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