> FWIW, I make a full time living there on part time work and they've sent my articles several million readers that never otherwise would have heard of me I su

> FWIW, I make a full time living there on part time work and they've sent my articles several million readers that never otherwise would have heard of me I suppose there are publishers and then there are publishers. I have no doubt they're trying to court people like you but it seems like their bigger ploy is to rope in the big publishers into embracing their platform, to abandon traditional digital publishing platforms. If I'm a basic blogger or tiny digital publisher, Medium can work, though the tools are so archaic and limited I would become frustrated very quickly. If I'm even at medium-sized, the whole thing is a mess of half-measures that now seems singularly focused on annoying readers. Throwing my content into a network or allowing me to pay to promote my content or whatever really isn't enough of a sell. I can do that anywhere and keep more of the money.