Misbah, my friend, thank you for your thoughtful and considered response to my questions about clapping. I do get the cheerleader comparison in supporting your friends but if claps no longer count as reads or affect the algorithm any more it is somewhat pointless.
Your comment made me think that maybe “logical reasoning” isn’t what should be used here, and that I should just give 50 claps to everything regardless of quality or length. Perhaps I am taking the whole thing too seriously, but we do need to question things from time to time. I like to see someone clapped for one of my articles but I rarely take note of how many claps they gave. Comments and reads mean a lot more to me.
As you say, perhaps it is a roll over from the old system where Medium did pay for the number of claps. It was interesting and helpful to read your opinion. Blessings.