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The Medium Algorithm Is a Rapacious Monster With an Insatiable Appetite
Know this and keep it moving
There is no quality vs quantity conundrum on Medium.
The likelihood that you may have read articles stating that quality is prized above quantity is quite high.
But If you hadn’t noticed what’s been happening lately, then you never were a player on this platform.
Quantity is everything.
There is no such thing as too much writing.
It is either you write every time or you die.
Now there was a time on this platform, you could have a six month old article go viral completely out of the blue, with earnings spiking arbitrarily.
I have news for you: Those days are long gone.
And that’s why it is no coincidence that those who spend inordinate amounts of time putting their thoughts out there, win. They win every time.
It is the way that the algorithm is currently operating.
Know this and know peace.
Imagine if the Medium algorithm was human?
It would be a sex addict of the very worst kind; the type that would love to sleep with every woman that it can lay its hands on.