How Do Medium Stories Suddenly Become Ineligible To Earn Money?

Who Turned Off The Spigot?

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I have published well over a thousand stories on Medium since my first story on July 17, 2017. It was a 2-minute read, a poem of which I am proud that I wrote to a friend. In researching this piece, I checked the stats and saw that it had 34 views over a lifetime and earned no money. It was published before the…