I'm sorry you're feeling this way, Sturg. I genuinely think that the changes that were made to Medium got a lot of us down. Non-boosted posts barely got any views and while I do write for money, I also want to know that the effort I am putting into writing is worthwhile ie, people are reading my pieces. I'm hoping the latest changes will get our stories more overall views. As for the boost program, a good part of it is a little bit inward-looking from what I am seeing. It's also wearing people down and the original excitement around it helping writers across the board seems to be wearing off. It has loads of potential but I don't know where that will go.