Liars on Medium

Sick to Death of Them

Okay, I just got done wasting my time on Medium reading an article about someone who made $10,000 on their first article they posted on this venue.

Yes I fell hook, line, and sinker for this because I have a thing about honesty. I do it, and it usually backfires. I write about things that are meaningful, give my opinion and then allow others to read it. I tend to think people will do the same exact thing. Wrong!

I’m sick to death of people like the unnamed author of the above article who actually tricked me into reading their article so it can go viral. I don’t know if this stupid article went viral — it doesn’t deserve to — but there’s a good possibility that a lot of people are like me and actually believed that you could get on Medium and do something ridiculous and still make a lot of money.

I believe this because I’ve read all kinds of crap on Medium that goes viral or gets thousands of claps and has not substance or credibility at all. Yes, I’m jealous and still angry about the bonuses these people get for their duplicity.

Honesty doesn’t pay. The above article reminds me of the short stories or films that you read or see when you get to the end of an exciting and spine-tingling provocative story and then find out it was all a dream. It never happened. I hate those people who cop out with that kind of ending.

So I hate that person who got me to read his stupid article and gave me dumb advice that I’ve read about a…