Why Medium Can Feel Like A Thankless Task For Full-Time Writers
It’s time to shift your mindset
I’ve been feeling some kind of way about Medium the last few months, and this has clearly been reflected in the content (or should I say lack of) I’ve posted since the new year.
The truth is, I became really disheartened by the platform after (apparently) an update occurred and everyone’s views and earnings fell off a cliff. Medium writers were expressing their upset via Twitter, and I, too, felt disappointed that things had changed.
I’ve been writing full-time as a Copywriter for corporate clients since November 2019, so although I write all day every day, my source of income isn't actually from Medium.
I stumbled across this platform in late 2020, and immediately fell in love with the concept and connected with so many wonderful writers. However, I soon became frustrated with every single article on my homepage telling me how I can make ££££££ or $$$$$$ if I follow these “5 simple steps”.
I continued to click on these articles because, well, I’m a sucker for a bit of extra money (who isn’t!?) and realised that a lot of these pieces were clickbait to harvest more views, thus getting more money from the Partner program.
