Thanks for the mention! And for the use of the word "faff."
I really need to become more disciplined about my Medium engagement. I subscribe to a very few number of writers (you, for example, and a few others) because I find if I have too many subscriptions, I ignore everybody.
I had a nice system not much different than yours (but not as many reads) going for awhile but other projects got in the way. I'll probably revisit this after the holidays.
This is fairly normal for me re: Medium. It all ebbs and flows, depending on if I have other projects going on.