4 Largely Overrated Medium Features In 2021
Number 4 will surprise you… or make you mad.
Medium is a great platform for writers. It doesn’t hurt to say it during this time of “I’m leaving Medium”-posts left and right.
I won’t be leaving. If anything, I’d be focusing more time and energy on Medium. I just retired my newsletter for that exact reason.
Despite the great platform that Medium is, it has some severely overrated features. I have 4 for you today.
These 4 are particularly interesting because as overrated as they might be now, in the earlier days, these were some of the most important features of Medium. To make money, to gain traction, to increase views, and to build a community.
Different story now.
1. Claps
If you’re new to Medium, you might not even know that claps used to be one of the most important metrics on Medium. A few years back, claps were one of the main factors for earnings. Yes, indeed, Medium based earnings on the number of claps (among other things).
As you might expect, that quickly led to a clapping frenzy. Claps for claps was the game to get more money. I guess that’s why Medium changed it.
