Relocking Stories Revoked on Medium
How to relock stories that have been unlocked on Medium.
I recently posted this article about my experience with having my Medium posts revoked due to a perceived rule violation and the steps I took to be reinstated — When You Break the Rules.
I did not learn until after I had posted the article that I had left out a major step — that of relocking past stories that had been unlocked as part of that rule violation.
In the instructions I received from Medium when I was reinstated, they had noted the need to “Relock your Medium Posts” but didn’t explain how.
Somehow, I had overlooked this until another Medium writer brought it to my attention.
Since my previous post is rather lengthy and I overlooked this need initially I felt the need to post this information in a separate post to give it some extra attention.
When I tried to search the Medium Help section, I could not find specific instructions for doing this.
So I emailed the support team that had issued my reinstated status and was given these instructions:
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“To make an already published story eligible for earning money in the Partner Program:
- Enter edit mode by visiting your story page, clicking the three-dot button in the top-right corner and choosing Edit story.
- In edit mode, click the three-dot button in the top-right corner of the page.
- From the drop menu, click Manage paywall setting.
- Select the option to make your storage eligible to earn.
- Click Save. Your story is now eligible to earn money.
I am in the process of doing this now. Thankfully, as one of the new members of Medium I do not have as many posts as some. This could be a nightmare for more established members!
You will know your story has been relocked if the notice “Member Only Story” appears at the top.
Had I been more alert it would have been much easier to do this when I was making the corrections that were noted in my previous post! We are never too old to learn!
Kudos to younger writers like Ccgordon who have been so helpful in offering help to those of us older folk who are not quite as savvy!
Hopefully, most of you won’t need this information but it may be worth filing for a potential surprise revocation!
Back to relocking my posts! Maybe I’ll pick up some additional traffic!
You think?
