Nov 4, 2021
"Paid, automatic, bulk, or non-genuine interactions
Medium depends on various user behaviors — like follows and claps — to determine what content to feature and make the site work well for everyone. We don’t allow artificial behaviors that skew this system and as a result degrade or distort other users’ experiences.
This includes:
Buying, selling, or trading in accounts or account interactions — including views, reads, follows, claps, highlights, responses or other traffic"