I'm new to writing on medium, but I've written daily on my WordPress blog. I know I can write and engage readers but it's been tough here. I haven't even earned $10/mo yet. - but I've only been in the MPP 3 months. And, in that short time, I've noticed many things going awry. We'll see. I've thought about getting out already but there are a lot of good writers on Medium that I enjoy reading. Also, I don't think that Medium is promoting new writers, as one of your commenters said. I have seen the same drop in reads (my highest was 4.7K - 98% external views) that bigger named writer's are reporting. Just my humble opinion.