Your observations correct and sound valid to me. However some of them useful as they serve as a wakeup call. For exaple two weeks ago, I received over 3,000 inquiries raising concerns from writers contributing to my publcations. I wrote the issue to helpdesk but they pushed back denying them. Since there was no other option I had to write about it. It was my first article about Medium over two years. But like you I don't believe we need to write to much about Medium unless there are some valuable content and breakthrough tips to share.