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Luca Storm's Thriller  Report's avatar

Yes, I noticed it too, again. This is not the first time it's happened and with all the problems we've encountered in just a couple of months, I feel exactly as you, but came up with the conclusion myself. It's become increasingly difficult to keep momentum as a writer because Medium keeps throwing all these hurdles in our path so we make less money. And nothing is ever explained. That's it for me. I've moved to another platform where the payment rules are clear. It's really a shame because I enjoyed writing on Medium but I'm not giving it away free. I don't need to. I "met" some great people there but it's no longer worth my time

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My guess is the read time disappeared because the Medium elites don't like the fact that short reads earn more money than someone endlessly pontificating fluff they consider "good" writing.

The claps make no sense at all.

And I fully believe the people running Medium are intentionally making it harder to earn there so they have to pay out less.

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