There are now almost more publications on Medium than writers. And there are definitely more writers than readers. Medium is terribly out of balance. If Medium is ever going to have a level playing field there would be writers on one side and readers on the other... and NO PUBLICATIONS deciding what writers write and what readers read. Publications have ruined Medium in my opinion. We need independent writers and independent readers, each making their own independent choices. Instead Medium has become much like high school where everyone separates into various cliques or, in some cases, cults. Why is Medium modeled after a high school social mentality?