Didn't Medium crack down on mass tagging, Susan? I must confess I find them totally off-putting. Just recently I read a post that had tags all through their posts, plus a bucket load at the end of the post.

If you have a publication this is understandable, if you are intent on creaming the market, not so.

Like you I have spent the last few years earning my readers. The grubbiness of a few is disappointing.