Read this post by Zivah Avraham: https://medium.com/all-about-m/proper-planning-prevents-piss-poor-performance-b268a673862d Note not only what she says Medium can do better but also how she describes the aspects of fraudulent accounts. For the past month or so, I have noticed many such accounts subscribing to me and I block or report and block them. These types of accounts, even ones that are paying members, never engage and may be here to steal our content for posting on shady sites.