"Another thing I will never understand is Medium doesn't want to pay writers for outside views"

Me too. I think that's kind of weird, because we are drawing people to the site. I'm also bummed that they no longer are no longer paying us for new Medium subscribers. Another wage cut. I get $13 automatically every month whether I write or not because of this. Not much, but conceptually it is cool.

I just added my thoughts on the earnings cuts for BBB here if you're interested. You were nicer than me, lol!

https://medium.com/bouncin-and-behavin-blogs/is-medium-on-the-verge-of-shutting-down-c0816aa10725