Since the (alleged) bot purge in mid April views, reads and earnings are down >80%. I don't need the money, which was just a nice to have. So it just means I have a different audience benchmark. But Medium has now created a big incentive for writers to go elsewhere, a reverse network effect in return for short term cost cuts. Like feeding the house's furniture into the fireplace to keep warm. Not a winning strategy long term. Tony's typical corporate doublespeak about his vision can't hide that it's just like the wizard of Oz telling Dorothy, "pay no attention to that man behind the curtain."