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Why I (Almost) Never Clap For Stories That Tag Me
Do you?
About once a week, I will get a notification that someone mentioned me in their Medium story.
Every single time, I check it out. I mean, hey, who doesn’t want to get called out for something (good OR bad)? If it’s good, it’s a nice feeling and if it is bad, then maybe I have found something to improve upon.
But 99% of the time, this is what I see:
And that second one is a fraction of the easily hundreds of people that person tagged.
Ok, so people are tagging me (and a ton of others) in their stories. So, what?
Why not just read the story, clap, and move on?
Because I see it as a clap-grab
Obviously, I do not know the writer’s actual intentions.
But much like when I see random celebrities come out with perfume — which I see as a blatant cash grab — when I go to the story and see my name…
