Speaking as a many-time Medium author, Medium uses several UI patterns and incentives to try to get authors to keep this box checked. The actual text of the bo

Speaking as a many-time Medium author, Medium uses several UI patterns and incentives to try to get authors to keep this box checked. The actual text of the box as it appears to us is: > Allow curators to recommend my story to interested readers. Recommended stories are part of Medium’s metered paywall.