I just lost one of the members that had signed up after reading my articles - and I agree with your conclusions, Anthony. I like Medium for very similar reasons to you, Anthony. I sort of wonder now that we are writing for a very small group of people and it's not the same as writing for an established publication. Another aspect is paywall. Medium has a paywall for metered articles but it can be bypassed with friend links. Big publications have paywalls that more or less, you have to be very creative about bypassing. Or, maybe you have a family member or friend who can "gift" the article to you. I guess now - I am not sure I want what I do to be formed by a small group of a few hundred people.