I am not sure this is true. If it were I would get hundreds of notifications a day about every article published in Illumination. The only sure fire way of a notification is to subscribe to a writer or a pub, which is different than being a follower. Then Medium sends email notifications, which I do not want so I do not subscribe to anyone. I will ask DMY to read this section of your story. He can clarify the situation. I may not be correct.