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A New Writer’s First Impressions Of Medium
I’m here, so now what?
(Writer stumbles onto Medium.com from an outside link)
“Ok, that was a good read! Where to now?”…
(clicks on Medium homepage)
“HEY THERE! You have reached your maximum article limit for the month!”
“That’s weird…although sure, I probably did click on something involving how to be a brilliantly successful writer from Twitter last week, I don’t remember, 2020/2021 is all a blur…so many boxsets. The Wire was good though.”
“Why not become a premium member of Medium to read all of the articles you want AND potentially earn money as a BONAFIDE PAID WRITER! HOW DO THOSE APPLES SOUND?!” (or something to that effect).
Writer who has never been paid in anything besides tufts of air’s ears prick all the way UP.
“For just $5 a month you can…”
Writer clicks immediately away…”Sheesh, what a racket!” Fool me once, etc.
Writer returns to the blessed solace of blogging. Writer will hit it big someday, if only writer can master seo, “Influencing” and “Brand Ambassador”-ing.
Writer has much to be busy with and polishes 27 half written unpublished drafts they are not sure are “right for their…
