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Isaiah Preached Naked — Revisited
Sometimes sensationalism interferes with the message
A little story I wrote in July of 2022 continues to garner views and a few reads. This past week, it got six views, but no reads. What puzzles me is that despite receiving 2.3K views and 1.2K reads, it has lifetime earnings of only $2.86. My mind whizzes around, conjuring up reasons for this, among them being the publication where I chose to submit it. My concern goes back to a question a Medium writer asked me: was I getting good results from posts to that publication?
When I first joined Medium back in the spring of 2020, as the COVID pandemic set in, I did so at the behest of a friend who strongly suggested I apply to be a writer for that publication. I applied and was immediately accepted, despite having written only two or three stories prior to that. I later learned that the publication accepted almost everyone who applied and published pretty much every story submitted.
One concern about the story is, of course, that the earnings are so low despite the relatively high reads (the most I’ve received for any of my stories). Perhaps someone can explain that to me.
My other concern is the reads-to-views ratio (52%). Although it exceeds my average ratio (40%), the number still seems low for so many views. Is that unusual…
