I Upgraded to “Friend of Medium”: Should You Too?
The Impact of Giving Back to the Medium Community by Paying Writers 4x More Per Read
9 min readApr 15, 2024
My finger hovered over the mouse button, but I couldn’t click. Ten minutes, and I still hadn’t looked away from the screen. This writer… damn, they could turn a phrase! The kind of writing that leaves a mark, gets me thinking. The kind I know takes heart and sweat to make happen.