Medium is what it is, it’s not pretty, but I have no expectations and see through the curtain and get from Medium what I expect, nothing more, nothing less, and I am grateful for every chance to help people through my writing. Those that gripe do not understand that Medium exists for one reason — to make money, boatloads of money, and pretend that it doesn’t while pretending to care about writers when it does not. Anyone who wants a peek behind the curtain can read this and the stories of others that I link: