Its interesting this very good story has had so little attention in Medium, yet its something that should at least whip up some emotion. We are seeing how the platform works for the "Beast", I think, by what it chooses to shadow ban. My own work is similarly affected. It means we won't be heard until long after it might make any difference. I don't see humans behind this, I just see a beast in the form of the algorithms programmed by systems-blind energy slave ants, with one simple goal - to make profit for the platform. This is all that is needed to perpetuate the system of energy slavery we work in, with the power to say what we think, but not with any power to make sure folk will hear us.