After I posted a comment here, I went to my Medium home page and saw in the most prominent position an article titled something like "How to make $3,000 a month writing for Medium."

The story's photo was a lady with lots of leg in a short dress sitting on top of a car. Now, I have nothing against attractive women wearing short dresses sitting on the top of cars, but I submit that it has little to do with writing and is precisely what is wrong with Medium's alleged algorithm.