One clappers have always been more important than the 50 clappers (or my usual 36 claps). Readers one clap. Writers out of a sense of community get sucked into the multiple claps. Now, Medium has finally made clear that one clap per reader is all that counts toward MPP (and one highlight and one comment). Now they should eliminate the ego stroke of the ability to receive multiple claps, or make it mean something, as I wrote way back when: https://medium.com/mind-talk/mediums-clap-system-amounts-to-a-vermiform-appendix-7587edb85a0a