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nshot by Author</figcaption></figure><p id="570e"><b>© Carlo Zeno 2023</b></p><p id="2ce1">_________________</p><p id="6940">*See the very <b>compelling dialogue </b>about <b>tanking earnings</b> and <b>engagement </b>in the comments section between <a href="undefined">Jenny Lane</a> and The Coach in this piece published yesterday:</p><div id="4162" class="link-block"> <a href="https://blog.medium.com/default-no-to-ai-training-on-your-stories-abb5b4589c8"> <div> <div> <h2>Default No to AI Training on Your Stories</h2> <div><h3>Fair use in the age of AI: Credit, compensation and consent are required.</h3></div> <div><p>blog.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*rviPVqadBOseAz3x7QwC8w.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="aa85">More on the <b>GREAT BIG ELEPHANT</b> on the Medium platform? Here’s one I wrote yesterday:</p><div id="7a0f" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/medium-announces-bankruptcy-db6e37da5bc4"> <div> <div> <h2>Medium Announces Bankruptcy</h2> <div><h3>It was fun while it lasted</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*cxj54OXSO5sckylAQHf3kg.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="359a">Here is one by <a href="undefined">Nikolaos Skordilis</a>:</p><div id="0af4" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/if-writing-is-like-sex-medea-suffers-too-often-from-headaches-9c725cac57d8">

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<div> <div> <h2>If Writing Is Like Sex Medea Suffers Too Often From Headaches</h2> <div><h3>She is great at baiting, good at foreplay, but rarely delivers the main course and can never make you climax</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*-a_47DJVMdYs7Yge0QR43w.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="062e">Here is another by <a href="undefined">R C Hammond</a>:</p><div id="a31b" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/hey-medium-whats-up-with-earnings-in-september-d83df1344fe4"> <div> <div> <h2>Hey, Medium, What’s Up With Earnings in September?</h2> <div><h3>Why the decrease since August?</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*eRGnt6YlmTym56wr)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="ae48">Here is another by <a href="undefined">Imothoughts</a>:</p><div id="0213" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/once-upon-a-time-a-medium-fairy-tale-fad3e6f8e98d"> <div> <div> <h2>Once upon a time: A Medium Fairy Tale</h2> <div><h3>How we ended up where we are today</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*KjTKsfaAG6xC9U1U)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

A Mystery

73 Cents

One step forward, two steps back

Photo by Haley Owens on Unsplash

73 cents, for one thousand claps, plug pulled, rug pulled, wool pulled over our eyes

we told you to engage, but now we tell you don’t engage

coach calls you a fake* who manufactures applause, a growth- hacking fraud

either Medium is in debt, or Tony lost a bet

AI bots infiltrate the site with their tired, stolen, trite tapestries of life’

while the original stuff goes under the radar

in August we saw money, September was still looking sunny, until one dark day everything stopped

not ten dollars per piece, but seventy-three ridiculous pennies

some pray it’s a glitch after one day, two days, three days, and the word from Medium HQ is nothing but crickets

so feel free to spend ten seconds, even five seconds will do, clap once, don’t highlight, in the comments take a poo

growth-hacking or genuine clapping matters little when forty- two cents is at stake

The plug being pulled by Medium HQ as September comes to a close / Screenshot by Author

© Carlo Zeno 2023

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*See the very compelling dialogue about tanking earnings and engagement in the comments section between Jenny Lane and The Coach in this piece published yesterday:

More on the GREAT BIG ELEPHANT on the Medium platform? Here’s one I wrote yesterday:

Here is one by Nikolaos Skordilis:

Here is another by R C Hammond:

Here is another by Imothoughts:

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