Misbah, thank you so much for taking this stand and writing a letter to Medium Staff. These are very important issues, especially in the current circumstances with the renumeration to most writers plummeting without warning. For instance none of my last five articles have even made $1.00 despite having over 1.2k claps and lots of reads etc. similar figures a couple of weeks ago made around $13.
The extra work that you do as an owner and editor of a publication is greatly appreciated, and getting no added renumeration for all the extra reading and editing must be frustrating.
For Tony to say that the only change staff are aware of is “rate limiting” is hard to believe, as it is obvious to all that there is more at play. The changes that came into affect from August 1st were most welcome and provided incentive for us all to write more and increase our engagement, but it seems they mustn’t have foreseen how much extra would need to be paid out, and this has now had a detrimental affect on how earnings are calculated.