Good article. Mediium and the Partner Program can be very frustrating. When you follow people, ask that they follow you back - they usually gladly will do that. I got to 100+ by following 5 new people per day and commenting on their articles. Thank you for following me - my next article is also about starting on Medium - it's a satire, in poetry format - it will probably be published in Muddy(um) next week. I hope you will enjoy it!