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The 6 Kinds of Readers on Medium
One of the readers in the lists is you or me
Writers on Medium need to know why readers behave differently in their articles. There is also a need to know the different kinds of readers that visit their stories.
When you come to a new place, the first thing to do is to observe how things are done in the place. When you observe the happenings around, it will give you ample knowledge of the situation and help you to know when and how to act in a given situation.
These are the lists of different kinds of readers on Medium.
The Perchers
These are groups of readers on Medium who are writers but they are not registered members on Medium. They do not have access to read articles so they perch around on different story link posts on Facebook groups.
They are the first to reply; “nice article, please read mine and clap”. They read the title on the Facebook page and commented according to the caption or borrow ideas from what other readers have commented about the links.
The perchers are never reliable. They don't follow, they don't clap and they don't respond to your articles. How can they? They are not paying members. They are on Medium to sell their articles only and never buy from other writers.
