Yeah ... the problem isn't about enjoying your writing - or that of anyone else. It's that there are loads of wonderful writers here. I could easily come up with 50 pretty quickly (more without any trouble if I scroll through my list of people I'm following). If i gave them all $5 a month, that's $250. I simply do not have that kind of money in my budget.

That's what I love about the Friends of Medium option. I pay $150 for a whole year and when I read someone's work, they get paid four times the regular amount. That's my way of honouring their work.