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My Dismal Medium Stats Are Motivating
Ah… Medium stats, where to even start?
What stats should I pay attention to? Fans? Views? Nope, reads maybe. For me, it doesn’t really matter because for the most part they are WAY down.
I’m not complaining, don’t take this the wrong way!
Medium is one of those things in life where if you are not present on a regular basis, you won’t get much out of it.
My stats reflect my involvement.
The more I look at my stats though, the more motivated I am to write and increase my activity on this site. When your stats are down, there’s only one direction for them to move, right?
This site has changed over the past few years. It used to be the fans you really pay attention to, but now the way you get paid is based off of member’s read time.
But, for me, I don’t forget about my fans.
I want people to enjoy what they read. I want people to respond and clap. I want to know that I moved them to feel something or made them laugh.
For me, writing is about me and my readers, not money. Although the money is awesome (the little I earn) I love my fans more.