Medium.com Is an Intolerant Platform That Fakes Diversity and Inclusion
They are the epitome of doublethink from 1984
Slogans like “war is peace,” “freedom is slavery,” “ignorance is strength,” and “2 + 2 = 5” are examples of doublethink from George Orwell’s prophetic novel from 1949. “Diversity is our strength” is a slogan that would get included in the book if it was written today. It’s a phrase accepted as gospel in most of our institutions and without further examination. You take a big risk if you question that belief.
The institutions that promote “diversity, inclusion, and equity” the most are the ones you need to watch. Diversity of thought is forbidden. The only kind of diversity and inclusion they care about is how you look and what private parts you have. An institution that only cares about those factors isn’t diverse or inclusive at all. Only left-wing perspectives get heard and are welcome. If an institution has true diversity, equity, and, inclusion, it will speak for itself, and virtue signaling wouldn’t be required. Actions speak louder than words.
Medium.com is a perfect example of an organization where you can’t avoid diversity, equity, and inclusion articles. The platform is obsessed with promoting articles obsessed with race, sex, and how America and White men are terrible. There are conservative voices on the platform, but every single one of them struggles to earn any worthwhile money while social justice activists who claim to support equity rake in the cash.
If an institution has true diversity, equity, and, inclusion, it will speak for itself, and virtue signaling wouldn’t be required.
I’m going on this rant because I got kicked off Medium last month for “hate speech.” Medium said they gave me previous warnings, but I never saw them. In typical Medium fashion, they gave me the runaround and showed zero transparency when I requested to see the previous warnings I had been sent. After I asked enough times for updates and documentation they told me the account I was emailing from and got the suspension notice on wasn’t the one associated with my account so they stopped emailing me on it and told me to use a different one.
I copied and pasted the entire conversation into a new thread from my other email address associated with the account and more silence. It was an obvious stall and avoidance tactic by Medium. The absurdity continued when I got the notification that I wouldn’t get my account back, on the email address that wasn’t associated with my account! This further shows the incompetence of “yourfriends@medium.com.” I should have demanded my answer get sent to the right address but I had better things to do.
Nothing I said could be considered real “hate speech.” I started getting more active in comment sections on articles since Medium wants to be “relationship-based.” There were articles I commented on about pronouns and how refreshing it was to see some diversity of thought on the platform. Medium probably didn’t like me applauding those articles, but I was celebrating diversity so it was quite confusing until I remembered diversity of thought doesn’t count if your thought isn’t woke. Only different kinds of woke thought count on Medium.
In typical Medium fashion, they gave me the runaround and showed zero transparency when I requested to see the previous warnings I had been sent.
The final straw was when I got into an argument with a White and pink-haired Social Justice Warrior. I didn’t say anything racist or hateful, but I didn’t hold back my opinions. She (yes, I’m assuming her gender) didn’t restrain herself either, but I’m sure she is still on the platform. It was a useless exercise I should have never engaged in. I never looked at comments for a reason and should have kept ignoring the temptation to engage with people who don’t want a reasonable dialogue.
The amount of hate speech there is towards conservative or free-thinkers on Medium is appalling. It’s a glorified mainstream media site that exists to bash Trump, call conservatives Nazis, promote left-wing social justice, and spread Wuhan Flu fear porn. You get applauded if you call conservatives names but kicked off if you dare to question woke smoke people blow all day on there. That doesn’t sound very inclusive. All the hate towards conservatives gets included, but no pushback or thinking different is welcome.
There isn’t much I miss about Medium except about a few dozen writers who put out good and original stuff. Originality is hard to find there. I don’t miss their stupid pay structure that no one can explain. People bust their asses for pennies who write good stuff and don’t get rewarded because the Medium gatekeepers who control algorithms don’t want them to succeed. I had over 3000 real followers, not bots because mine got purged over the summer, and my stuff would get 40 views.
I didn’t get a chance to tell my followers I was getting the boot or that my publication would go away. I appreciate the people who have reached out. Medium feels like a left-wing propaganda platform and full of recycled personal growth articles. Once you have read a few “How to Be More Productive by Working Fewer Hours,” “Write This Way for Success,” “I MADE THIS MUCH ON MEDIUM LAST MONTH!!!,” and posts celebrating Black Lives Matter riots, you’ve seen it all. I’d advise you to go to another platform that celebrates real diversity and inclusion which gives you fair and transparent rewards for hard work.