Do You Hate Medium’s New Feed? Here are Some Workarounds
***Update 12/17/2020: Now that Medium has changed how ‘Shortform’ articles appear on the feed, you have to make sure the solutions here are at least 151 words long!***

Mediumites are up in arms! Their views are down all over the place, and no one seems to quite know why.

Well, I’m sure Medium does, but so far they’re being a bit cryptic on the subject.

One reason most of us suspect is the new expanded profile feed. Stories now have a few paragraphs showing before users have to click ‘read more’ to go into the article itself.

No one knows if these previews count as read time or views yet.

But one thing is certain, showing expanded stories on the feed means users are less likely to see more available stories on that page.

Attention spans are fickle beasts in the modern world.

I’m sure Medium has a plan they are slowly implementing, and I truly hope it does result in a better platform for writers and readers.

But in the meantime, my views are down dammit! And since the algorithm is so magical even Gandalf couldn’t pass a guess at how it works — we need to look elsewhere.

Here’s a few ideas on how to do exactly that!
['J.J. Pryor']
['Publishing', 'Marketing', 'Cartoon', 'Writing', 'Medium']