Half a Year on Medium — My Story and Thoughts

Experiences, Money, Curation, Publications, Followers

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Six months ago, I published my first story on Medium. I didn’t expect much, I only posted my normal game development blog post to Medium as well. To my surprise, a few days later somebody read my story and I earned 3 cents. The first bit of money I ever earned online, which was very exciting. Half a year and almost 50 stories later, I have learned a lot and am having more fun with writing than I thought.

Getting Started

The almighty YouTube algorithm placed Shelby Church’s video about Medium on my feed and once again the algorithm’s decision proved correct and I clicked on it. She made a really good and informative video and to her credit, she didn’t promote any of the test stories she wrote on her massive social media channels, so the video was realistic and close to the experience a normal user would have without any following online. Even without promoting her content, she managed to earn 44 cents from her test stories on Medium.

So I decided to have a look at Medium myself. Besides the possibility to earn money from my blog posts, there was one aspect I really liked. Publishing content that you have previously published somewhere else is allowed and the content remains yours. There’s even…