[PaulHoule]

That's one thing I don't understand.

I can get 3000+ views pretty easily on a blog I haven't put much work in. (More like 30,000 or 50,000 if the post connects with people)

Somebody pushed me to put a post on Medium where it got 20 views.

I hear from people who are excited that they post to Medium and they get 60 views -- they think that is a lot but I think they are ignorant about what is possible.

So far as I can tell, Medium has tried to create a brand for blog posts that are a little bit better an average but really the posts there are a little bit worse than average. It seems like a ghetto for clickbait headlines that would appeal to HN readers but when you read the articles they are at best thinly sliced salami which doesn't satisfy.