Does Medium even care?

First of all, I'd like to start by saying that I've been fooled by the eggcorn in the title right up until I went to write this article. This whole time I've thought that it's, 'half-fast', and not, 'half-assed'. The latter is the only one with a definition on Google [and Merriam-Webster], and so, does that mean you've done the job whole-assed if you did it properly from the beginning?

Medium doesn't help much either as it doesn't even know the terms, eggcorn or half-assed. I mean, if the word or phrase is in a dictionary, then why would any spellcheck tell me that it's wrong?

Medium is full of serious articles packed with poignant information, but if I were to write about our sun's heliosphere, I'd have to deal with that word and many others having a red, squiggly line underneath. Not the example of half-assed to which I refer to in the title, but it's definitely an issue that gains merit if you were to utilize any A.I. components that might come to Medium.

There are a few issues that I have with Medium, but that's not what this is about. I'm complaining this time about the writers on there that clap for a story, but somehow manage not to clock a view or a read.

I've had several do it in the past week or two. Don't believe me? Then take a look at this.

That story currently has 21 claps with no views or reads. I don't understand how they do this, because if I were to go clap for my own story, it will clock the view. I'm not a paid member, so it's possible that that's a feature for paid members to where they can clap for something without actually having to click the link to go to the story. Must be nice….NOT!

As an author with four mostly unsold books, I find this behavior appalling. Are you just clapping for the picture or the title? I honestly could care less about that. I want clapping to only be able to be accessed once the story has been read, or at least that they scrolled all the way down. I put the effort into writing it, now where's yours?

I understand if it's a monetized article, but I don't monetize my blog, or much at all on Medium. I don't get enough reads on there yet to have it matter. The most I've made from one story on Medium is $0.07, and I believe that that's from nine reads, so you do the math. I'm still baffled by that equation.

I was really disappointed in Medium Day. No one mentioned any changes that interested me. I like to write realistic fiction, and would love to see the spellcheck updated. I try to write books, but posting each chapter and having to put in the navigation myself is not an intuitive environment for that type of writer. Not to mention the pure chronological timeline. I mean, sure there's lists, but I still have to put the stories on the list. Do casual readers even use lists?

Once again, it feels like everything is a bit half-assed on Medium. I'd like more of the ass please. I'll even take the hole in the middle.

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