Some medium articles are 'medium exclusive' (I don't remember the exact term). In theory, only people paying for a medium membership can view them, but in retur

Some medium articles are 'medium exclusive' (I don't remember the exact term). In theory, only people paying for a medium membership can view them, but in return they get a little more juice in medium's internal advertising. Many people inadvertently choose this setting because of some dark patterns around the publishing interface. Everyone gets a couple views of the members-only articles a month free, functionally infinite if you use incognito mode. I think there's also a random pop-up to harass you into using the app/an-account which is orthogonal.