Medium is a social media platform. Writers are here to share their stories, articles about topics of interest, and more. You will only reach people through audience engagement. How can you achieve that?
Take a look at your For You page. Click on your first article and read it. Clap on those little hands.
This system is not fixed but there is a tendency of readers to apply it.
After clapping go into the comment section and share your thoughts on the article. Write about how the story inspired you, what you learned from it, and what it reminded you of. Here’s your chance to let your personality shine through and make the audience interested in you.
Please don’t clap and run. It’s shown on your statistics – which we’ll talk more about– if someone only clapped and ran. Interact genuinely. Just as you’d like to have it with other people. Clap, comment, and leave.