I've been on Medium since 2017, a member since 2018 and a blogger since 2010. Started out at WordPress. When I signed up for membership in 2018, it said ($5 a month, $50 a year) no refunds for the Lincoln-a-month choice. I never understood the Stats page. The most I earned in a single month was $15 after writing about Roger Ailes. I'm also an editor, just like I was 35-40 years ago in college. I am not Heather Cox Richardson or Matt Tiabbi or my friend Barry Friedman who write on Substack. Medium seems to be stuck in neutral at the moment, which is frustrating for those of us who love to read and write on here. They have to make up their minds - do they want to continue to be a place for creative writing, journalism and insight, or do they want to keep screwing the people responsible for their site to exist to continue to, as you put it, scream but not be heard.