Stephen, thank you for your time and efforts on The Junction!

For my part, I plan to keep my stories unlocked. I don’t need the money, but other people do, so I prefer my tiny share go elsewhere. I suspect this means that my stuff doesn’t get hyped as much (if at all) by Medium; OTOH, the last time one of my Conversations was spotlighted I also got a major uptick in trolls, so I’m fine if just my regular peeps and followers read my stuff.