Medium says it will compensate writers based on reading time, not claps

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Medium is announcing significant changes to its Partner Program, where subscribers pay for access to exclusive content, and the revenue
$6 million total to 30,000 writers.When CEO Ev Williams explained the partner model to me shortly after it launched in 2017, he described it
as an evolving formula that incorporated claps (a simple way that readers can indicate they liked a story) and reading time, but now it
determining compensation based on active reading time, so if someone keeps the window open when they step away for a few minutes, that
calculated, from weekly to daily