I agree that Medium is MLM-esque in many ways-- I've been saying that for well over a year. The way it's pitched as a side hustle. The way the MPP and the stats are impossible to effectively track. The ways they tried bonuses for a while. The MWC contest. That they encourage us to share our work on social media and even if it's read there by paying subscribers, it is deemed a non-MPP-qualfiying external read.