I love Medium.
But 95% of long-term writers are unhappy.
Everyone plans to ultimately leave medium in a few months if the situation doesn't improve.
One key mistake the Medium team is making gate keeping too much.
The only judge for a story should be member's reading time. Just recommend story based on member's reading time.
Why should anyone judge someone else's story?
The subscriber count has increased because Google's algorithm favours Medium in search and free articles end.
Everyone I talk to outside of this platfrom hate the platform because they ended the three free articles.
Ev if you are reading this. Just come back.