Medium meta always does better than anything else. I'm as addicted to it. It never gets distributed but who cares? Distribution is the kiss of death.
If they pulled the plug on the partner program would that put an end to the bullshit? Would we go back to writing for love while all the bullshitters jumped ship for Substack? There's cool people over there though, such as Nadia Bolz-Weber and some guy who's name I can't remember. Also a lot of Nazis.