I agree, I think this trend risks cutting down on the variety and bury posts that are otherwise really good. In my opinion it'll actually hurt medium's reputation, because when I came to this site, I thought it was a global writing website with many, many different subjects. That was the appeal to me, the broad topic range, because it meant I could write about my own interests and there would be healthy competition. Promoting only articles about traffic and making money is going to make the website lose value, reduce it to a get rich quick scheme, and bury posts that otherwise do have value beyond the shores of entrepreneurship. It would stop the natural growth process of many writers.