Yes, this is certainly disheartening to see - I used to be regularly in the door of the 100$ club but now it’s the 1 cent club.
I’m certainly a real human and not a bot, and enjoy engagement so this is very demoralising and demotivating to say the very least.
Written by Jonathan Townend, RMN - Editor - Friend of Medium
Psychiatric Nurse Writer. Owner of Creative Passions, The Shortform, No Shame, World of Fiction publications, and co-editor for The Chocolate River.