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Many Writers Gripe About the Distribution Algorithm — Has it Ever Occurred to You How Frustrating It Is for Readers?

I introduce you all to Gregmargorithm — my personally curated picks from a few of the last several months

Marcus aka Gregory Maidman
8 min readJul 11, 2023
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I feel blessed to have formed a Medium friendship, and mutually beneficial relationship, with the queen of quirk, the metaphysical maven who adores her ravens, the wonderfully good woo-woo-witch, the high-priestess of spiritual splendor, the hermetic healer, Rebecca Romanelli. Throughout our quantum entangled synchronicity, I have developed an ear and eye for stories Rebecca would want to read and I have emailed her links to the works of a diverse set of writers. Rebecca has told me that my recommendations far surpass the Medium algorithm’s success at feeding her appetite for material she enjoys devouring.

You’re cracking me up my friend. I feel like I have a personal reader who is vetting material for my preferences.😅 💚 🌹

Now as an ode to Francisco Iglesias, who spends his priceless time curating the works of writers that touch his soul and with a goal of community building, which many writers feel is inorganic, the truth is nothing displays more organicity than recommendations from other writers, as the algo is AI and…

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Marcus aka Gregory Maidman
Marcus aka Gregory Maidman

Written by Marcus aka Gregory Maidman

Living 17,043rd human life. I am Marcus (universal name) or you may call me Greg; a deep thinker; an explorer of ideas and the mind.

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