Thank you for clarifying for me how Vocal works...I'm less inclined to join their platform, now.

For me, I honestly don't care how much (or little) money I make on Medium. I'd take maximum views/reads over the money, any day.

Rather than obsessing over my earnings...I find myself obsessing over how my readership/engagement rate has changed, when I do my monthly tabulation of it on the 30th (or 31st).