But why do you care? It would help to be explicit. Because you're not saying it directly, I'm making the assumption that people are comparing the standard that Medium is using to judge her as blog worthy (which, fwiw, I would only categorize as minor fanfare) versus the standard they believe is being applied to people in the Partner Program. To me, these are separate things, but they're the only meaningful connection I can think of. Otherwise, who cares if someone has fake followers. I have fake followers. Everyone has fake followers. They are a waste of time and don't help anyone.