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Another Medium Mystery

Do I know you?

CorkscrewAnnie
2 min readDec 6, 2024
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I just got invited to be a writer for a Medium pub that I’ve never read.

That I never asked to write for.

That I never submitted a draft to.

That has never published any stories.

Hmmm.

I checked out the publication, CHANGES TO THIS PLATFORM OF OURS.

Theoretically, it has a lot of affiliated writers. My profile is linked there, along with dozens of others.

None of whom have published anything here.

According to a post by the supposed editor, “URGENT IMPROVEMENTS TO MEDIUM DESIRED”.

Why the post, and the landing page for the pub, are illustrated with a photo of Barrack Obama is not explained. Nor is the process by which authors are added.

In one of the author’s posts, the Obama photo is followed by a long and somewhat coherent list of grievances by the publisher, along with some screen shots of his stats and a concern that Medium does not provide sufficient detail in its analytics.

I have an idea: an urgent improvement to Medium might be that a writer has to agree before being “added” to a publication and publicly affiliated with it? A kind of mutual respect thing?

Just saying.

PS: I have subsequently removed myself as a writer for this publication. At least Medium provides clear instructions for how to do that!

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CorkscrewAnnie
CorkscrewAnnie

Written by CorkscrewAnnie

Recreational writer, collector of antique corkscrews, urban gardener and retired management consultant. Still trying to figure out what to do when I grow up.

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