Jo Ann, I am in a similar spot, but before you jump on the bandwagon, you might want to do a little digging into this person’s history here. His writing needs work and a lot of it, he has less than 200 followers and claps for his stories are scarce, if not nonexistent. So who do you think he’s trying to “help” with this half-baked scheme? And how is Medium going to get behind this? So those of us who opt to be “rated” can be and for everyone else it’s business as usual? You’ll note also that his own “rating” is way higher than what he actually deserves. Again, I’m just dumbfounded by this. I’m not saying the Medium way is the only way, but who the hell is this guy, anyway? He can’t even write.