No point in the Partner program

I have been a member of the Partner program for a few years on and off. It has not given me anything but a hole in my wallet. So now it is time to drop it.

To begin with, the marketing Medium does through the Medium Daily Digest does not give new or small writers any help in reaching an audience. Most (all) links are from writers with big crowds of followers. It’s not like they need the push from Medium to get readers.

The smaller or new writers get no help to reach out at all. We pay our 5 USD/month and all our money just pay the marketing of other writers articles. We in reality sponsor the big ones and don’t get anything in return.

Since it is possible to post texts on Medium without paying the fee, there is no real point in being a paying member at all. Not until Medium wakes up and takes care of ALL paying members and not just those who are big.

Oh, you say, but you DO get a lot for your money. And to be fair, I do. I get to read more articles than the three free ones per day that everyone else gets. I also get statistics over my articls. Statistics that really is useless since Medium does nothing to point readers to my articles. And I also get access to their support. Which does not answer any questions. So for me as a niche writer with a small following, Medium is more or less pointless. Maybe I am wrong…