I've got to say, this is a clever piece you've put together, but it leaves me scratching my head. Why on earth would Medium go down this road? Just doing some quick math here - if Medium has a million paying subscribers, at 5 bucks a pop, that's a cool $5,000,000 every month. It's hard to imagine they’d put that kind of cash flow in jeopardy.

I’ve seen Medium wobble before, almost toppling over. So, the idea of them playing fast and loose with their platform again? I just can’t see it. And if they are somehow in financial trouble, well, it might be time for a new CFO. Decisions like this aren’t just bad; they're corporate suicide.

I get the feeling this has more to do with the wave of endless daily posts and those annoying spam comments that have been watering down the content and making real engagement a needle in a haystack scenario. Maybe this is Medium’s way of saying, “Let’s clean house.”

But - and it’s a big but - if this is some underhanded scheme to get one over on the writers, then they’re playing with fire. The kind of blaze that could burn the whole place down.