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A Little Less Drama, a Little More Writing, Please
Easy, tiger… can we just please calm down
When I started writing here two and a half years ago, I used to be very much in the loop with everything that happened on Medium. The good, the bad, and the ugly. The algorithm changes, the new MPP, the roller coaster of drama in writer groups, the plagiarism scandals, the banning of some misogynist authors — you name it.
I was obsessively following everything that happened and I took it personally. I spoke up against misogyny, I supported writers in their battles with other writers, I reported plagiarists stealing my and other writers’ precious work. It was an obsession, now I know this. Just as I was meticulously checking my stats every morning, trying to come to conclusions and become a better writer, I thought that having my finger on the pulse of the writer community was crucial too.
Maybe it was, maybe it wasn’t. I don’t know, and I don’t even care. I don’t regret spending a lot of time building connections on Medium — even if most of them disappeared — because at the time it meant a lot to me and helped me grow.
But then, my life took a different turn, besides writing I started to focus on different things, trying to find a balance between the pandemic home-schooling, my demanding job, self-expression…
