Reads Are Up But Earnings Are Down, How Can That Be?

I have a theory, actually two

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Anyone on Medium knows that views are not that important when it comes to earnings. Views don’t pay. They can be external and pay nothing, or they’re internal but only a few of them convert to reads.

That’s not the issue here though.

Reads are up and earnings are…