I joined Medium in April 2019. By June 2019, I figured the chances of getting traction for my alternative democracy were small. Nearly all of us would prefer to be read than to read.

I could see that we plebe writers were being played with the "Medium Lottery" dangling in front of us.

Almost four years later, and I'm still here. Maybe the Medium psychologists know me better than I know myself.

It's been a while since some of your work showed up on my feed. I still recall your article: "The Mathew Effect."

Judging from this article's claps, you just might be making enough Medium royalties to justify the time it took to put this article together. Lucky you!

But your cartoons do give you an edge!