Everyone and their brother is writing about jumping ship.

And complaining about how boost feels so hard to get. Then you and another handful, are saying, "Plus, it doesn't work."

Here's the thing... Medium doesn't want people to aspire that this be a job. Instead, they want it to feel like a lottery.

Substack wants you to aspire to have it be a job, and that will last 6 months to a year, and then they will change the pay out system. This is the business model of all these places.