Goodbye ILLUMINATION

Michael Thorn
Oct 6, 2024

I’m out…

Photo by CrowN on Unsplash

I have removed the half dozen or so stories that were in ILLUMINATION from the publication.

I just received a link to this page:
https://digitalmehmet.com/illumination-substack-community-support/?source=post_page-----96a4858912e4--------------------------------

and no longer feel it is a publication with which I want to be associated.

Introducing paid membership tiers that include:

  • Priority publishing across all our Medium publications, guaranteed within 48 hours

seems to me to go against the very spirit that makes Medium the special place it is.

The announcement is sub-headed “Why We Created a Commercial Arm for Our Charity.”

Am I missing something? Surely, ILLUMINATION is no more a charity than any other publication on Medium.

My reach on Medium is extremely low so no one is going to take notice of this farewell, but moving forward I will not submit stories to any publication that announces submission or membership fees.

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