It is very confusing Michale and makes no sense. This story was the reason I wrote my farewell one yesterday. I didn't know the algorithm was tweaked intentionally. I thought Medium was hacked so I had compassion for them. Here is the link to my final story here.

https://medium.com/illumination/this-is-my-last-story-on-medium-until-the-algorithm-is-fairly-adjusted-fba50c38543c