An Open Letter to the Medium Team — after the first month of launching the new “Partner Program”. — As a former Product Manager and Project Manager dealing with multiple digital products, I want to address the recent Medium Partner Program changes and how they affect Medium, us writers, and our readers. One of the best things about the Medium team (Tony Stubblebine, Buster Benson, Nouf Aljowaysir) is how…

Just about every science, technology & startups writer is down a factor of 5–10-fold overnight here on Medium. I’ve now collated two dozen like stories. Instead of $4000/month, now I make $800/month. It’s the same for every other sciencey, geeky writer. Medium just daylight robbed me of a $50K pa…

Medium launched cost-cutting measures under the guise of the hunt for better quality — The personality cult at Medium of the current CEO, Tony Stubblebine — known as “Coach Tony” — is alive and well. Long live Coach Tony and his “great leap forward.” He used this term to respond to one of my whining rants about lost earnings thanks to Medium’s reforms. I…

The Battle for Fair Compensation — August has been an extraordinary month for me, surpassing all my expectations. I’m thrilled to share that my follower count has surged past the 600 mark, a milestone I hadn’t anticipated reaching so soon. However, amidst this celebration, there’s a growing concern that I can’t ignore. It appears that many…

Here is my experience — what was yours? — In March I wrote an article called How Much Does Medium Pay for 1000 Views? (2023). Since then, Medium announced a new algorithm for calculating Partner Program payments. The changes were implemented in August, and as you can see from the graph, for me the changes resulted in a significantly…

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We’re all taking part in evolutionary game theory — Medium’s recent changes to its partner program have sparked much conversation with writers on the platform. I have read a few articles from specific individuals opposing the new shift to reward contributors who promote human stories. All of this brought to mind evolutionary game theory. What is evolutionary game theory? …

From 1st August 2023 Medium announced big changes to the way that earnings are calculated under the Partner Program. Here are my thoughts.

August 1, 2023 New Medium Partner Program. — It was Niccolo Machiavelli, a 16th-century Florentine political strategist, who once pointed out the complexities of seizing a new state and the measures required to maintain control. “Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.” The dark art of political maneuvering, as detailed in “The…

Can Medium stay above the scourge? — I like Medium; I like it a lot. My regular readers can easily guess why: the platform encourages the meaningful content that I crave. Writers are the heart and soul of Medium, and they are understandably concerned about recent changes to Medium’s calculation in compensation for writers. The changes don’t…

My stats in August (earnings per day of 2 articles) Boosted article: $296/day Best non-boosted article: $30/day How can a boosted article earn 10 times more than a non-boosted article? In my 3 years on Medium, only my top earning article has made $300 per day. Are you telling me…

Offering all my information — I didn’t know I would write this story, but here I am. It was a quiet day with ideas, so I may as well share this. It always helps me when others write these articles. Here is my contribution to that narrative. You will look at my earnings and either…

I have been here a long time - and this is the most hopeful I've been about the platform for years. Medium should always have committed to quality over numbers - if you build it, they will come - and it's now being built. It's an exciting time to be a writer here - and an even better time to be someone who writes about things other than making money on Medium. :o)

That makes me want to prove them wrong — It’s long been said that the one constant in life is change. In many ways, I agree. I’ve been writing on this platform for more than five years. I published my first story in the last week of April 2018. I became a paid member that May. For most of…

Medium changed their metrics recently. You can read about that here. Thank you, Medium, for showing me how big of a waste of time this website has been. I’ve been on Medium since 2015. In 2015, I posted two articles. I didn’t post again until late 2016. In 2017 and…

Yes, this one is meta. It’s for my students. — Trigger warning: I’m about to write about writing on Medium. I know, lots of you are tired of it. This one isn’t for you. Please don’t come after me. Thank you! But, if you’re one of my students (or you just want to learn) I wanted to share some about…

Is content really what matters most? — “…engagement is irrelevant to worth. It’s why Kim Kardashian has more followers than Malala Yousafzai.” By nearly all measures, Medium is on the rise. Following historic lows in summer of 2022 and the installation of CEO Tony Stubblebine, Medium has undergone a series of changes that have by and large…

Unlocking Medium’s Earning Potential: Insights from the CEO — I recently attended Medium Day, where Medium’s CEO Tony provided some insightful hints on how the platform is evolving its approach towards quality content. How creators can better understand the factors that influence their earnings. Here are the ten key takeaways from his talk you need to know. 1. Quality vs Quantity: Focus on Valuable Content

Here’s something important you need to know if you’ve ever read one of my Python, data science, and ChatGPT articles on Medium. — You see the image above? That’s what I see in most of my articles’ stats since August 1st. They used to be high-quality human writing but under the new Medium Partner Program (MPP), which started on August 1st, they suddenly became low-quality human writing. I’m grateful to Medium not only…