Member-only story
Why Medium’s “Rate-Limiting” Is No Longer A Sustainable Source Of Income For US Writers :(
Rate-limiting, in essence, means that users who actively engage with other stories on the platform are now constrained in the number of interactions they can have.
For many Medium writers, including myself, the recent changes to the platform’s algorithm have been a cause for concern, and rightly so.
What used to be dollars earnt have now been turned into random scraps of cents being thrown at us for all our hard work.
In the wake of these adjustments, some have seen their earnings take a nosedive, leaving them bewildered and disheartened.
The driving force behind this shift in fortunes is none other than Medium’s CEO, Tony Stubblebine, who recently shed light on the alterations that may have left writers in the lurch.
In response to inquiries regarding the sudden decline in earnings, Tony Stubblebine shared some candid insights, shedding light on the altered algorithm.
He explained, “The only change I know of is rate limiting. There’s been an unfortunate belief that the way to make money is to give and encourage engagement. This does go directly against the goal of quality when it is done in an inauthentic way.”
