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e Fate of Short Poems on Medium</h2> <div><h3>Now that the Only Metric That Matters is the Length of Time a Reader Spends Reading Each Post</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*iNBHOMU9udJ4MiWT)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="5868">But this quite similar 20- second read, published in the Brave New World of the Post-Clap Era?</p><div id="0d90" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-short-poem-about-reading-short-poems-on-medium-if-we-dont-want-poets-to-go-broke-8407fa918a8c"> <div> <div> <h2>A Short Poem About Reading Short Poems on Medium If We Don’t Want Poets To Go Broke</h2> <div><h3>Now That the Only Metric That Matters is the Time a Reader Spends Reading Each Post</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*iONEcHe6aLKTQQNC)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="640b">So far it has received 1,000 claps from 41 fans, for a total of…</p><p id="c0bd"><i>(Cue drum roll and clash of cymbals…)</i></p><p id="7de6">Forty-six cents.</p><p id="40d1">So — how do I like the New Payment Metric?</p><p id="9692">Not so much.</p><p id="f79f">My conclusion?</p><p id="7fa0">It’s a great system if you want to eliminate two line poems.</p><p id="bfc1">Maybe the system will be tweaked. Improved. Fine-tuned.</p><p id="a30a">Or not.</p><p id="eda3">I totally get it.</p><p id="02d5"><b>I love Medium, but this isn’t my wo

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rld and I don’t get to make the rules.</b></p><p id="9ebf">This is<i> Evan Williams’s</i> sandbox. We’re just playing in it.</p><p id="7b94">Evan Williams isn’t here to make me happy.</p><p id="d635">And? He’s doing a great job.</p><p id="bd23"><a href="https://rosalindwarren.medium.com/need-a-good-editor-get-in-touch-c3508093b772?sk=da811ef430b407044d2aff236d7c0570"><b><i>Writing Coach</i></b></a> <b><i>and editor-for-hire <a href="https://readmedium.com/about-me-roz-warren-efbecf511f04?sk=4ba4c8736b0dd97473598b22583e2090">Roz Warren</a></i></b>, <b><i>who</i></b> <b><i>writes for everyone from the <a href="https://readmedium.com/looking-for-a-terrific-paying-market-for-humor-and-cartoons-b24658bb9d5d?source=friends_link&sk=c8803f26bb5ce98c081a711c3768eed1">Funny Times</a> to <a href="https://readmedium.com/why-every-essay-you-write-should-be-the-best-essay-you-can-write-8c00f287f53?source=friends_link&sk=7e39aed6b3fb5e9d2b392a464682aba9">the New York Times</a></i></b>, <b><i>can help you improve and publish your work. Drop her a line at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>. (That’s Ros with an “s,” not a “z.”)</i></b></p><div id="6c62" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/need-a-good-editor-get-in-touch-c3508093b772"> <div> <div> <h2>Need a Good Editor? Get in Touch</h2> <div><h3>Is There Anything Wrong with Creating a Medium Post That’s Just an Ad for My Services as a Writing Coach?</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*eEMk0AwJcTZ2X98o)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Medium to Poets and Humorists: Drop Dead!

How’s the New Payment System? So Far, So Bad

Here in the Post-Clap Era, Medium Writers are no longer paid on the basis of how much readers enjoy — and clap for — their work.

Now all that matters is how long a paying member spends reading it.

A reader can be dutifully plugging their way through your interminable 12-minute post, thinking “Wow! I’ve Never Read Anything so Boring!” “This Totally Sucks!” Shoot Me Now!”

Not to worry!

As long as you captured their eyeballs for a full 12 minutes?

The Medium Money Truck will be happy to pull right up and dump piles of $$ on your lawn.

But write a quick funny post or a compelling little poem that a reader falls in love with but takes just seconds to read?

Pennies for you, pal.

So how’s the new system working out for me, a writer of short humor pieces and snarky Haiku?

Take a look. I recently published two little poems about Medium.

This 20-second read, published in the Halcyon Days of the Clap Era, got 2,500 Claps from 98 fans. It earned $12!

A Short Poem About the Fate of Short Poems on Medium

Now that the Only Metric That Matters is the Length of Time a Reader Spends Reading Each Post

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But this quite similar 20- second read, published in the Brave New World of the Post-Clap Era?

A Short Poem About Reading Short Poems on Medium If We Don’t Want Poets To Go Broke

Now That the Only Metric That Matters is the Time a Reader Spends Reading Each Post

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So far it has received 1,000 claps from 41 fans, for a total of…

(Cue drum roll and clash of cymbals…)

Forty-six cents.

So — how do I like the New Payment Metric?

Not so much.

My conclusion?

It’s a great system if you want to eliminate two line poems.

Maybe the system will be tweaked. Improved. Fine-tuned.

Or not.

I totally get it.

I love Medium, but this isn’t my world and I don’t get to make the rules.

This is Evan Williams’s sandbox. We’re just playing in it.

Evan Williams isn’t here to make me happy.

And? He’s doing a great job.

Writing Coach and editor-for-hire Roz Warren, who writes for everyone from the Funny Times to the New York Times, can help you improve and publish your work. Drop her a line at [email protected]. (That’s Ros with an “s,” not a “z.”)

Need a Good Editor? Get in Touch

Is There Anything Wrong with Creating a Medium Post That’s Just an Ad for My Services as a Writing Coach?

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