I got it. But followers is only one metric. Just because someone is "following" a Medium writer, it doesn't mean that they are actually paying attention to what the person is writing. That's why continually writing content isn't enough on Medium. You need to continually assess what interests your audience, which pieces are successful, and which ones fail. Also, I think that Simon gave up too quickly. Some people bring in revenue quickly, but most don't. I mean, Simon only wrote 28 articles on Medium, and that's not a lot.