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igure><h1 id="3196">5. What I wrote last night past 1 am Singapore time:</h1><p id="93a4">Need to get to bed but I can’t sleep without posting this first. It’s the wee hours of the night in Singapore. But who can sleep?</p><p id="f5bb">Uncertain what’s happening but it sure is distressing to discover your friends missing suddenly.</p><p id="a41e">Have they been hacked? I hope not. Could anyone shed any light on this please? <a href="">Buster Benson </a>, <a href="">Ariel Meadow Stallings </a>? I’m hoping I’m proven wrong and just overreacting but the concern is real.</p><p id="6853">They work so hard and are always here to help others. They don’t deserve this.</p><p id="6d0d">Please can anyone enlighten us?</p><p id="30ce"><i>Where are you my friends? I can imagine how worried and distressed you must be and I hope this turmoil ends for you soon.</i></p><p id="c4ba">Medium tech support may be inundated as well. That’s why I decided on a story to draw attention to their case. <a href="">Deb Palmer </a>was the first person who alerted me to this issue.</p><p id="4eed">All of my currently missing friends are very kind and supportive, plus great writers. As human as you can get:</p><ul><li><i>Lynn L Alexander (cancer survivor)</i></li><li><i>Leonard Tillerman (cancer survivor)</i></li><li><i>R C Hammond (heart patient)</i></li><li><i>Emika (Britt)</i></li><li><i>Toni the Talker</i></li><li><i>Ryan Canady</i></li></ul><p id="f311">I thought I was just being unfollowed as I was posting too much and annoying people but alas my friends’ accounts have been removed and it’s pretty scary. It could happen to any of us.</p><p id="5cd6">They would do the same for us if we were missing. 😔</p><p id="1dc8">The worst bit is all trace of them is gone. Not a single comment, story or anything remains. I can’t even find them with a tag like I usually do. Feels like they were kidnapped.</p><figure id="aea8"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*[email protected]"><figcaption>photo by author of her account</figcaption></figure><p id="8f63">More of our friends have talked about it too in these recent stories</p><p id="3205"><a href="">Dixie Dodd ♡</a></p><div id="c500" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/medium-please-release-our-favorite-writers-and-friends-from-the-notorious-spam-eating-monster-you-2478c92c6626"> <div> <div> <h2>Medium Please Release Our Favorite Writers and Friends from the Notorious Spam Eating Monster You…</h2> <div><h3>Our friends have disappeared like a thief in the night! </h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*6FvL4rXvtr0fT5Is)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="41c7"><a href="">Bruce McAllister</a></p><div id="99f5" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/why-is-ryan-canadys-medium-account-suspended-e2fa2f2e5c01"> <div> <div> <h2>Why is Ryan Canady’s Medium Account Suspended?!</h2> <div><h3>I was just reading Danny Wolf’s story “The Compounding Effects of Writing Every Day for Six Weeks Straight” and read that Ryan Canady’s…</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*I2dYd9N1kfzOD5n2bUEwrg.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="7ce1"><a href="">Jason Daughtry</a></p><div id="8b59" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/medium-your-mass-ban-yesterday-left-me-confused-bfc433c4a509"> <div> <div> <h2>Medium, your mass ban yesterday left me confused.</h2> <div><h3>You deleted several great members of the community.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*rI5n4LU3fj7AVpHMje3e6A.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="7b8b"><a href="">Nancy Santos</a></p><div id="2bea" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/missing-people-on-medium-0aafefd5a01b"> <div> <div> <h2>Missing People on Medium</h2> <div><h3>Photo by Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona on Unsplash</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*[email protected])"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="1daf"><a href="">Tannille ⭐️</a></p><div id="f458" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-writers-musings-error-410-this-medium-account-is-under-investigation-04d610c22356"> <div> <div> <h2>A Writer’s Musings: Error 410 — This Medium Account is Unde

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r Investigation</h2> <div><h3>The real Medium jail (forget overnight comment jail)</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*kfgOaC7-nra6Cuhy.jpg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="9425"><a href="">OCTAVIA EVER AFTER</a></p><div id="fbbd" class="link-block"> <a href="https://octaviaeverafter.medium.com/medium-why-have-you-suspended-toni-the-talkers-account-again-639fbaf1dcdf"> <div> <div> <h2>Medium, Why Have You Suspended Toni The Talker’s Account Again?</h2> <div><h3>Seriously…. why?</h3></div> <div><p>octaviaeverafter.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*Cdu6TUPHWPEcrSU-)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="88ec"><a href="">Deb Palmer</a></p><div id="feff" class="link-block"> <a href="https://debpalmer999.medium.com/watch-out-mediums-grim-reaper-strikes-with-no-explanation-7bee48e2ec26"> <div> <div> <h2>Watch Out! Medium’s Grim Reaper Strikes With No Explanation</h2> <div><h3>Tony the Talker Has Been Banished — Again!</h3></div> <div><p>debpalmer999.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*TC5HtI5pHqG4nIKU)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="19d1"><a href="">Chantal Christie Weiss</a></p><div id="8f1b" class="link-block"> <a href="https://medium.com/@c.weiss_48662/everything-seems-strange-right-now-1d48289ed42e"> <div> <div> <h2>Writers Are Disappearing</h2> <div><h3>I’m finding it hard to trust </h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*[email protected])"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="d57f"><a href="">Rebecca Designs A Life</a></p><div id="f7cd" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/what-to-do-when-your-friend-is-under-investigation-15d70894c3b3"> <div> <div> <h2>What To Do When Your Friend Is Under Investigation</h2> <div><h3>Yesterday, my friend went missing (from Medium).</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*0oBbsO6Gvz2508-K)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="3f0b"><a href="">Estella Writes</a></p><div id="e9ae" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/medium-so-you-are-suspending-positive-creators-now-0e6da3b6837b"> <div> <div> <h2>Medium, So You Are Suspending Positive Creators Now??</h2> <div><h3>Bring Toni The Talker Back!!</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*ihjD6fBGIaeEvJ3Q)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="b4eb">Earlier <a href="">Alan AJ </a>alerted us to some issues. Hackers? 😢</p><div id="4972" class="link-block"> <a href="https://autisticwidower.medium.com/when-medium-support-does-not-answer-am-i-asking-the-wrong-question-fe22a9e25c43"> <div> <div> <h2>My Medium Stats Plummeted After Gaining 2000 New Followers in January, Yet Support Remains…</h2> <div><h3>What should I do?</h3></div> <div><p>autisticwidower.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*CuyJenm7EQj5tevg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="2bdb">This is why I’m so glad I have alternative places to contact some of my friends like Instagram or email.</p><p id="3930"><a href="">Dave Gottlieb</a></p><p id="4192"><a href="">Janet Daniels-Thomas</a></p><p id="127e"><a href="">Nanie Hurley 🌿</a></p><p id="4239"><a href="">Marcus</a></p><p id="e7be"><a href="">Alan AJ</a></p><p id="3a0d"><a href="">TzeLin Sam</a></p><p id="f7d7"><a href="">Lu Skerdoo</a></p><p id="791d"><a href="">Anu Venugopal</a></p><p id="eed2">I’m panicking as I haven’t backed up my stories but wanted to alert you all to do it.</p><p id="39a2">I’ll try to figure it out tomorrow and I hope I wake up to my friends’ accounts restored. And this will all be a bad dream.</p><p id="98dc">I’m sorry if I left anyone out as this post is all over the place.</p></article></body>

Worried About My Medium Friends

I hope their accounts are restored 🙏🏽

Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash

1. Do This First

Marcus gives detailed instructions on backing up your stories.

2. Update on Writers who are back: 9 March 2024

Leonard Tillerman is back and this story by Mike Sansone made me feel hopeful.

Susan Christiana is back. Thank goodness. An innocent trapped in the spam filter. Makes me so worried as it could happen to any of us. She had medical issues too and was so anxious as any of us would be.

Lynn L Alexander has contacted me and I’m awaiting the moment she’ll be back too. Missing her writing and her sweet self. I’m thinking of R C Hammond, Mika/Britt. I’ve known a long time in the platform and interacted with me a lot. I’ve met fellow survivor Leonard Tillerman just recently but I feel like I’ve known him much longer. He’s the kindest soul. All of my friends have medical issues and rely on Medium like I do so I feel for them deeply.

4. Update: 7 March 2024

Thanks for the update Charles Amemiya, Midnight Young & Chantal Christie Weiss. You are giving me hope & greater clarity 🙏🏽

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

5. What I wrote last night past 1 am Singapore time:

Need to get to bed but I can’t sleep without posting this first. It’s the wee hours of the night in Singapore. But who can sleep?

Uncertain what’s happening but it sure is distressing to discover your friends missing suddenly.

Have they been hacked? I hope not. Could anyone shed any light on this please? Buster Benson , Ariel Meadow Stallings ? I’m hoping I’m proven wrong and just overreacting but the concern is real.

They work so hard and are always here to help others. They don’t deserve this.

Please can anyone enlighten us?

Where are you my friends? I can imagine how worried and distressed you must be and I hope this turmoil ends for you soon.

Medium tech support may be inundated as well. That’s why I decided on a story to draw attention to their case. Deb Palmer was the first person who alerted me to this issue.

All of my currently missing friends are very kind and supportive, plus great writers. As human as you can get:

  • Lynn L Alexander (cancer survivor)
  • Leonard Tillerman (cancer survivor)
  • R C Hammond (heart patient)
  • Emika (Britt)
  • Toni the Talker
  • Ryan Canady

I thought I was just being unfollowed as I was posting too much and annoying people but alas my friends’ accounts have been removed and it’s pretty scary. It could happen to any of us.

They would do the same for us if we were missing. 😔

The worst bit is all trace of them is gone. Not a single comment, story or anything remains. I can’t even find them with a tag like I usually do. Feels like they were kidnapped.

photo by author of her account

More of our friends have talked about it too in these recent stories

Dixie Dodd ♡

Bruce McAllister

Jason Daughtry

Nancy Santos

Tannille ⭐️

OCTAVIA EVER AFTER

Deb Palmer

Chantal Christie Weiss

Rebecca Designs A Life

Estella Writes

Earlier Alan AJ alerted us to some issues. Hackers? 😢

This is why I’m so glad I have alternative places to contact some of my friends like Instagram or email.

Dave Gottlieb

Janet Daniels-Thomas

Nanie Hurley 🌿

Marcus

Alan AJ

TzeLin Sam

Lu Skerdoo

Anu Venugopal

I’m panicking as I haven’t backed up my stories but wanted to alert you all to do it.

I’ll try to figure it out tomorrow and I hope I wake up to my friends’ accounts restored. And this will all be a bad dream.

I’m sorry if I left anyone out as this post is all over the place.

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