Buddy, Can You Spare A Dime?

The New Medium Tip Drill

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I had to laugh at one of today’s morning emails. Medium is testing a new tipping widget. Ya know — so we can all make more money. Ask your readers to throw you a dime in their prime. You get the idea.

Here’s the problem: A great percentage of Medium’s paying members are the wannabe writers who flood the site with their own work. Thus, Medium is…