"he was just another scammer trying to beat the system. We have all seen this before, but I can imagine what was going through my friend’s mind when he read this comment. Are these the types of people that Medium now attracts?" BRAVO Stephen! We have to be willing to call this type of crap out, no matter what method we use to convey the details. Many of us may have different writing styles, but the message still comes across the same, whether we get heated up and spit fire, say it in a satirical way, or just share our outright disgust for the things that are happening. We've got to dialogue about this stuff, so Medium knows we're not okay with it, just because we choose to stick around. Thanks friend :-)