How I Pick Who To Follow

A highly complex algorithm

Eh… maybe it’s a ton simpler than that.

I’m not getting curated and if the other writers are correct, I am in curation jail. I’m very sure I did it to myself in the second story I wrote.

One of my first two articles was a short story about a loathsome character in the early 1990’s who swore, disrespected women and was a racist. This was all setup so that when the character you hated passed, the purgatory that awaited him matched how despicable he had been in life. The character was truly unlikable and it became a happy ending for the reader. From what I have heard, this type of writing raises flags and places authors in curation jail.

This means I need to find readers on my own.

Medium allows me to follow up to 125 people per day. I try to hit that limit every day, but I don’t just follow anybody.

What I look for when I choose to hit the follow button :

• A picture or solid color in the Avatar area. Not the default assigned Avatar icon.
• A green circle (almost complete circle) around the Avatar. This indicates a paying member that will garner you read time money if that is your goal.
• If you mentioned the word “coffee” you are an instant follow. I can’t…