I never look at Medium’s suggested reads. I just go immediately to the writers and publications that I’ve learned over time have quality content. I’ve made over $2,000 on an article in the past few weeks and almost $1,000 on another. That’s viral enough for me. Some of the writers you mentioned that you like regurgitate and repackage the same old crap over and over again. I do like Jessica, though. As for Substack, most of us don’t have a big enough following to charge for our newsletters. Subscribers to Medium have access to thousands of writers and the option to become writers themselves with one subscription. It’s a great value in my opinion. I scroll past titles that don’t interest me. I don’t get what the big deal is.