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you will get access to their brains and their smarts. You may not necessarily get access to their results meaning you might not achieve their success but you’ll find out about that after you join their course.These people are simple and annoying. Or simply annoying. They will put all of their answers or questions to the group as a guise for helping you when they are simply trying to make another sale for the course.The truly best part about course sellers is they’ll tell you the secret to Medium is to write a lot and keep improving. But once again, you’ll only find this out after you join the course.The humblebraggersThese people are funny in their own way. I know this one writer who regularly humblebrags about his results.He is always amazed by his viral article, his thousands of views or thousands of dollars of earnings. He shares his utter amazement and surprise with the group. He will point out his every win like how his article was featured or how his article got promoted in a newsletter.Every post will show you how great his efforts are but subtly remind you that you don’t have the results he has. He gets the ego-boost of showing off and being seen as an authority. He’ll be filming a course soon!Other humblebraggers share successes or viral articles, astronomical earnings or screen shots to try to rub in their achievements. They’ll make you feel like you’ll never get anywhere close to where they are.The complainersThis is about 25% of the people in Facebook groups. All-day long they’ll complain about how terrible Medium is and how their earnings have taken a hit. They’ll complain about the algorithm, they’ll complain about Medium coming after them and they’ll complain about how Medium doesn’t appreciate their abilities.They truly believe that Medium has some conspiracy against them and is out to get them. They’ll usually start their posts with a random question or reference a Medium update before jumping into the comments to complain about Medium.If you want to get on their good books, complain about Medium too. A few derogatory remarks about Ev Williams or how Medium used to be 5 years ago will really get them riled up.The distractorsThe remaining 25 percent of the Medium Facebook crowd will ask random questions about random things. “I read somewhere…” or “I heard the new policy…” or “Did anyone know…”

They’ll ask questions not exactly to complain but to prompt mass confusion and possibly even create disputes within the community. Their modus operandi is

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to get you to get interested in some random conversation that sounds important but ultimately trivial. They want to garner as much controversy or discussion as possible.At the end of the day, nothing would have changed and all everyone would have done is wasted an hour of their time keeping up with the comments. They would have made people think that the topic of discussion was critical to Medium success. 99% of the topic of discussion would just be a distraction.<h2 id="a5d7">What to do instead of joining the Medium Facebook groups</h2>This is not the only way to build a community, get people reading your articles or get claps. Instead of joining a Facebook for community and support, you can build your own tribe of readersThe problem with the Facebook Medium group community is the misinformation, focus on irrelevant aspects of Medium, and the negativity.You can do a much better job by finding your own community and creating your own tribe. Here are some ways to build your tribe on Medium:<ul><li>Look for like-minded writers on Medium who share your values or views of the world. Engage with them by reading and commenting on their articles. Many of them will come back and visit your writing.</li><li>Connect with writers on social media and engage with them on a one-one basis. Reply to their tweets, Facebook comments or Instagram comments. Send them a direct message or email if appropriate with words of appreciation or to exchange ideas.</li><li>Connect via a virtual call. Once you connect with writers online, propose a phone call or virtual chat to get to know them better.</li><li>Encourage readers to sign up for your newsletter so you can communicate with them. Engage with your readers by asking them to email you or by sending them an email with your writings and other musings.</li><li>Feature other writers. Write a roundup post article or weekly Medium highlight article featuring your favorite articles by your favorite writers. Without a doubt, most of the writers you mention will applaud or comment on a post like this.</li></ul>These are more practical ways to engage a community on Medium. You don’t need to do it in a Facebook group. You can search, find and engage your own community from the thousands of readers and writers out there on Medium land.All Medium Facebook groups will inspire you to do is quit Medium. I encourage you to quit the Medium Facebook groups in your life and build your own community.Want to get more tips on writing on Medium? Sign up<a href="https://mailchi.mp/626cc1c7f989/follow-writing-dreams"> here </a>today.</article></body>

Quit Medium Facebook Groups

How to create your own tribe of readers

You can succeed on Medium without being part of a Medium Facebook group.

Actually, being part of a Medium Facebook group is going to be to your detriment.

There are many Medium Facebook groups where people get together to network with each other and share their posts with each other for more reads and claps.

Unfortunately, I’ve found most of these groups NOT helpful or constructive. They never live up to their original intention. Besides getting a few claps on articles that I’ve received by posting my articles in the daily share threads, the rest of the experience has not been pretty.

Being part of these groups is a sure way to feel bad about your Medium journey, feel like you’ll never succeed and feel like wanting to quit Medium altogether.

This post is to encourage you to quit the Medium Facebook groups before they make you quit Medium. There are other ways for you to get readers and traffic to your Medium posts other than Medium Facebook groups. There are better ways to build community than these groups.

After sharing with you the four types of people you’ll find in these groups, I’m going to share some practical ideas for you to build your own tribe of readers on the platform.

The four types of people you’ll meet in Medium Facebook groups

There are essentially four types of people that are lurking in Medium Facebook groups. The population is split unevenly by course sellers, humblebraggers, complainers, and distractors. Each one of these groups will ultimately make you feel like quitting Medium!

Let’s explore the four types of Medium Facebook group participants.

The course sellers. I love these people the most because they are pretty simple people. Almost every answer and question leads back to you buying their Medium course. They’ve worked hard to earn a lot of money on Medium and they want to share the wealth by giving you the opportunity to share your wealth with them.

With your investment, you will get access to their brains and their smarts. You may not necessarily get access to their results meaning you might not achieve their success but you’ll find out about that after you join their course.

These people are simple and annoying. Or simply annoying. They will put all of their answers or questions to the group as a guise for helping you when they are simply trying to make another sale for the course.

The truly best part about course sellers is they’ll tell you the secret to Medium is to write a lot and keep improving. But once again, you’ll only find this out after you join the course.

The humblebraggers

These people are funny in their own way. I know this one writer who regularly humblebrags about his results.

He is always amazed by his viral article, his thousands of views or thousands of dollars of earnings. He shares his utter amazement and surprise with the group. He will point out his every win like how his article was featured or how his article got promoted in a newsletter.

Every post will show you how great his efforts are but subtly remind you that you don’t have the results he has. He gets the ego-boost of showing off and being seen as an authority. He’ll be filming a course soon!

Other humblebraggers share successes or viral articles, astronomical earnings or screen shots to try to rub in their achievements. They’ll make you feel like you’ll never get anywhere close to where they are.

The complainers

This is about 25% of the people in Facebook groups. All-day long they’ll complain about how terrible Medium is and how their earnings have taken a hit. They’ll complain about the algorithm, they’ll complain about Medium coming after them and they’ll complain about how Medium doesn’t appreciate their abilities.

They truly believe that Medium has some conspiracy against them and is out to get them. They’ll usually start their posts with a random question or reference a Medium update before jumping into the comments to complain about Medium.

If you want to get on their good books, complain about Medium too. A few derogatory remarks about Ev Williams or how Medium used to be 5 years ago will really get them riled up.

The distractors

The remaining 25 percent of the Medium Facebook crowd will ask random questions about random things. “I read somewhere…” or “I heard the new policy…” or “Did anyone know…” They’ll ask questions not exactly to complain but to prompt mass confusion and possibly even create disputes within the community. Their modus operandi is to get you to get interested in some random conversation that sounds important but ultimately trivial. They want to garner as much controversy or discussion as possible.

At the end of the day, nothing would have changed and all everyone would have done is wasted an hour of their time keeping up with the comments. They would have made people think that the topic of discussion was critical to Medium success. 99% of the topic of discussion would just be a distraction.

What to do instead of joining the Medium Facebook groups

This is not the only way to build a community, get people reading your articles or get claps. Instead of joining a Facebook for community and support, you can build your own tribe of readers

The problem with the Facebook Medium group community is the misinformation, focus on irrelevant aspects of Medium, and the negativity.

You can do a much better job by finding your own community and creating your own tribe. Here are some ways to build your tribe on Medium:

Look for like-minded writers on Medium who share your values or views of the world. Engage with them by reading and commenting on their articles. Many of them will come back and visit your writing.
Connect with writers on social media and engage with them on a one-one basis. Reply to their tweets, Facebook comments or Instagram comments. Send them a direct message or email if appropriate with words of appreciation or to exchange ideas.
Connect via a virtual call. Once you connect with writers online, propose a phone call or virtual chat to get to know them better.
Encourage readers to sign up for your newsletter so you can communicate with them. Engage with your readers by asking them to email you or by sending them an email with your writings and other musings.
Feature other writers. Write a roundup post article or weekly Medium highlight article featuring your favorite articles by your favorite writers. Without a doubt, most of the writers you mention will applaud or comment on a post like this.

These are more practical ways to engage a community on Medium. You don’t need to do it in a Facebook group. You can search, find and engage your own community from the thousands of readers and writers out there on Medium land.

All Medium Facebook groups will inspire you to do is quit Medium. I encourage you to quit the Medium Facebook groups in your life and build your own community.

Want to get more tips on writing on Medium? Sign up here today.