THIS!!! See there are people that I DON'T know, never talked to, have never read their stuff, who have messaged me and said it's working for them! How? Is that possible? That it's working for a lot of people and not those you mentioned. Easy. The old style of doing it was, you wrote something, you posted it and you got paid. The new is you HAVE to interact, you HAVE to go read others stuff, you CAN'T just say thank you when someone comments on YOUR story and not read theirs or INTERACT with them. Medium wants us to interact, and those who it isn't working for don't get it!