It has, a bit. I’m about three weeks and 15 articles in, and find the lack of payment for external traffic immensely frustrating. That Medium has no unpaid-with-ads versión baffles me. So far I’ve seen no evidence of an internal flywheel. Even with publication support, my internal traffic is nearly non-existent.

I’m hopeful the evergreen-with-volume strategy may lead to passive income over time, as your article shows. Thank you!