The Medium Staff Hates Me
I ranked a story on the frontpage of Medium, but it got removed and my referral was ignored.
10 min readFeb 10, 2024
Imagine you have been writing on Medium for over a year.
In that time, you published stories in over 10 publications, were awarded Top Writer status in multiple topics, and acquired over 50,000 views on the platform.
But it doesn’t matter.
The Medium Staff Doesn’t Like Me
The screenshot above shows the frontpage of the Medium’s Top 6 ranked view, which is accessible at medium.com for logged-out users.
Yes. That is my story, “Why I Rewrote It In Rust”.
But the story didn’t last there very long.
What happened?
A Medium staff member removed the story from the frontpage.
You might think this is a bold claim. But I know what happened because I used my software development skills to check the story’s distribution status.
Let me explain.
