Should I Keep Writing When No One’s Reading
Is implicit bias in the new algorithm for monetization pushing women off Medium
I started writing on medium in 2019, and the algorithm for monetization was changed around the same time. Medium went from an algorithm based on claps, to an algorithm based on time readers spent reading your article. This change occurred right before I started writing.
I wrote a few dozen articles, and some of those articles did really well. Earning me over $500 a month regularly. It wasn’t my full time job, and I was really enjoying writing. Writing three or four articles a month was earning me good money.
In July, 2020, I wrote ten articles and made $1,100. It felt like Medium was really starting to take off for me. I had editors from large online blogs contact me to reprint my articles on their websites. One of my articles became the subject of a three hour podcast.
I’ve been writing for twenty years. Being a great writer, though, doesn’t necessarily equal success in the field, or guarantee success on Medium. It helps. My articles have an eighty five percent curation rate, and that’s really high. I assume my articles will generally be curated. Every single one of my articles in February was curated.
Medium changed their monetization algorithm at the end of 2020 to increase engagement…
