I disagree. Readers are “at the heart of what makes Medium work.” Finding what they yearn for and cannot get anywhere else – and then satisfying it – is the way to get articles that “take off.”

My formative journalistic experiences were in such an environment; it works. Also, it feels great to be a part of it.

About 20 of my 96 articles on Medium discuss different aspects of this issue; if someone is interested.