Writers On Edge After the Latest Anti-Spam Rollout From Medium

Highlights from Buster Benson’s latest post

1️⃣The latest from Buster Benson indicates that 1.7% of active MPP accounts were suspended as part of the recent purge to crack down on fraudulent activity.

2️⃣The objective is to direct membership funds toward high-quality contributors 👀

3️⃣MPP enrollment will be revoked for writers publishing spam, fraud, AI-generated content, or engaging in malicious behavior

4️⃣Suspensions may occur due to spam, impersonation, phishing, crypto scams, multiple fake accounts, AI-generated or plagiarized content, and coordinated inauthentic engagement.

5️⃣Coordinated inauthentic engagement involves suspicious engagement patterns.

Questions:

TzeLin Sam asks: Given that boosted stories are deemed high quality, are writers who produce unboosted content at risk?

❓Is this the end of tapestry aka AI posts?

👉Medium opposes individuals using multiple accounts for self-engagement.

They’re monitoring recurring engagers🧐

❓Does this mean the end for Read4Reads, tag bombing, and reciprocal reading?

🎈What are your opinions regarding Medium’s initiatives against spam? Do share!