This happened to me earlier this morning in Australia, Mike. I was so happy to see Kurt's and Gerald's message in the editorial team. But when you called me earlier I got very disappointed. This is alarming and must be fixed soon. I feel very sorry you had to leave Friends of Medium which I referred you. Recently I received similar sentiments from other readers whom I referred to this exciting initiative. I am happy to pay the premium price from my four accounts but Medium should nurture these readers. My concerns are raising and forcing me to reconsider my options. Thank you for writing about this alarming situation so passionately and constructively. I will contact the support team and inform our volunteer editors before the ILLUMINATION publishing queue gets flooded again like last week.