Do We Do It For The Meaning Or Do We Do It For The Monetization?

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August 24 was the last day for Medium’s Writers Challenge for personal essays using writing prompts. I managed to complete three personal essays out of four writing prompts.

A lot of creators on Medium relate everything to making money but since I relish the hidden benefits of being a total loser in the money-making department of Medium, I pursue another focus, which I tried to articulate in these three related stories.

About the time that the challenge was announced, I had lost interest in Medium because my home stream was so filled with articles about making money and going viral that I was starting to think that I was better off without it as the stories I saw streaming were the very opposite of inspirational.

So, when the challenge was announced and the comments were about the usual subject of whether it was worth it or not from the money-making perspective of creators, I posted this:

This is the smartest move yet for a platform to try to get writers to write abo…