Algorithm gone wrong

Will Medium Pay Me Any Mind?

Sure the hell not paying me any money

My Attempt to be Heard by Medium CEO and Staff

Given my current analytics, I won’t hit the Friends of Medium (FoM) breakeven mark of $12.50 cents for January, or ever with the new payout plan — or more accurately non-payout plan.

Medium has “tweaked” its algorithm, according to Scott Lamb . The reason stated is a purge of spammers and low-quality writing.

Low-quality writing was defined as people with few reads and little engagement.

Big problem with that assumption — I’ve read many high-quality pieces that had very little engagement. With the current ‘tweaks,’ even my boosted (considered high-quality) article got very little traction.

I tried to find information on what is happening with Medium with no real success. The few articles I found suggested leaving the FoM program.

I decided that was a good idea, I won’t leave altogether but if I’m only getting half a cent to zero payouts I need to go back to the $4.17 breakeven mark of the basic annual plan.

I discovered when I opened the Manage Plan section I was unable to de-select FoM. It made me wonder if I’d already…