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All That’s Curated is Not Gold

It’s actually only about $1.75

Alec Zaffiro
4 min readFeb 18, 2019
There’s a lot going on here. Let me explain.

Medium and its conglomerates inspire me every single day. Seriously. They’ve properly positioned themselves as a smooth, smart, creative product for smooth, smart, creative people. Look, it’s actually a platform that appreciates your abilities and ideas as a writer and provides clear, tangible incentive to capitalize on them; Medium is simply magical.

With premium tools at our fingertips and a healthy ecosystem to thrive within, the sky is the limit on Medium.

Use Your Power For Good

I mentioned ‘tangible incentive’ and I couldn’t have said it better, if I do say so myself. Medium’s business model is rather captivating because they found an angelic way to empower their community without advertising or other ulterior motives.

The entire system runs off 1 goal: write something worth reading.

This a remarkable (and refreshing) mediator of monetization for readers, writers, and stakeholders alike. As long as people are rewarded for quality writing, Medium will have purpose and power in the digital landscape.

When interests, passions, and objectives align, people become…

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Alec Zaffiro
Alec Zaffiro

Written by Alec Zaffiro

I write to think and organize my ideas. I like psychology, philosophy, and self-improvement—em dashes are my specialty. Not an expert.*

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