I've been on here a year and a half. I threw in the towel last month. I never had a niches. I didn't play to the algorithm. I have nearly 1.4k REAL followers who engage. No, not all of them of course but I wasn't writing into the void. I self published, published in publications, and started my own publications. I was a full-time writer/engager.
When I dropped from $270 in Sept to less than $65 in Dec enough was enough.
Stories won't load. Comments don't work. Mute. Block. Trolls. Glitches, Algorithm. Medium buying more and more toys and not fixing the toys they have. It all go to tbe too much so I rolled out.
I do the occasional SF on here and that's about it. I've started a YouTube channel but am snowed in at the moment. Once I can get out and about again Hoss and I will be traveling and documenting the journey. I may throw a story on here with the video embedded. We'll see.