Very refreshing article!
As a joke, I wrote a satirical piece making fun of all these "This Is How I Got Rich In Medium" articles. Well, jokes on me, it's my best performing story to date, so I can see why people keep writing (non-satirical) articles about how to make money all the time.
It's even comical. Most of these articles are just the same, but they only change the numbers. As you pointed out, where's the origininality? Where are the insights? Where's the fun? And above all, how knowing how many followers you got on your first month in Medium is going to make me a better writer?
I guess I also needed to rant, haha