Not knowing what all goes on within the labyrinths of Medium it's hard to suggest what might work instead of read time. Kind of like standing three feet behind an elephant and asked to describe its trunk. What I know is that without curation or boosts my followers are never engaged with my stories. They just don't get them. And with curation and boosts I gain as many followers in 1 month as I would in 6-12 months otherwise -- which absolutely makes no sense whatsoever. I feel like the "bad writer" relegated to the cloak room for chewing gum in class and can't get out. With that said I've enjoyed some recent wins here and am taking a moment to bathe in them. I may have been one of those readers, Mike asking for an Aussie glossary the other day. Learned a for things. 😊👍