Aimee, my No 1 issue with Medium is the unreliability of its vaguely defined (fans vs. clappers vs. readers vs. viewers vs. subscribers) stats. I have no way of knowing how many of the followers vs. organic visitors are viewing my articles on their Home page. It’s a mystery for me. I wish there were only two stats: those (followers vs. non-followers) whose Home page displayed what I’m posting, and those who read it (liked vs. not liked). Otherwise, I have no idea what’s going on. I’m surprised that even after so many years the Medium designers have not clarified and simplified this issue. There is an old philosophical question: “If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears about it, did the tree fall?” That pretty much summarizes my predicament on Medium as a writer.