I suspect that for many of us, part of the problem is that Medium is a platform for writers, not for readers.

I hope this is not the case for you, and let me clarify I’m very grateful with every single person who reads me, but my point was that, I think that most of the people who read me, are primarily writers. Active writers, people who would go and write something today or tomorrow.

It is not as if I go and listen to a musician, there’s no chance on earth I can play the piano or the violin. I will not even try. As much as I enjoy listening, I will not learn to play. I don’t know, it’s not my thing. But I will enjoy listening.

Medium doesn’t seem to be geared towards people who want to read stories or poetry or not even gossip. It seems to be geared towards writers that want to write. But none of us is a true audience.

I mean, I enjoy your writing, but I’m not your audience. Even if I buy your book, I’m not the target audience, the same as you are not my target audience.

My target audience would be someone who would like to empathize with a poem. Who may be curious about my inner world. Scratch that. My writing should help someone to see themselves.
But I think you got the point and I’m rambling.
I wonder if in their business model they even considered true readers, the same way I may read a journal on a discipline I’m not an expert and I should never write about or if this is like those literary competitions where you pay X dollars and you know who is going to win, the person who organizes it.

Don’t get me wrong, I love the platform and its people, but I don’t know if it truly intends to become a household name the same way Time magazine once was. And if it does, crazy as it sounds, it may be up to us. This is at the end of the day another example of gig economies, where almost no one seems to win. Other than the owners of the platforms.
Pablo