I am not one who is shy to drop his own links when it elevates the conversation, and this story of mine is directly on point though I wrote it with politics in mind. https://medium.com/illumination-curated/can-we-please-all-find-the-space-within-which-to-breathe-the-same-air-and-agree-not-to-agree-6b6b2c8077ec

As for the toxicity on Medium, the problem is not the articles that grip, though I am more than a bit tired of them, and have written about that. https://medium.com/illumination/im-tired-of-reading-about-writers-gripes-about-the-mwc-and-if-dr-mehmet-yildiz-would-let-me-i-d48e1d218bd8 That short form, which I chose not to meter for MPP bucks, is one of my best performing pieces from an audience participation perspective. The real toxic problem is commenters who game the system by choosing their words to sting like a wasp without using language that would trigger a suspension, and when I call one an arrogant jerk, Medium threatens my account.