Most of my followers are bots, so I don't pay any attention to the numbers. You probably have the same problem, so shouldn't worry about followers.

As for everything else, I assume you're trapped in the diabolical pay trap? I think they've decided they don't want to pay writers, except for a few hand picked people who bring a lot of traffic to the platform.

What I don't understand is why they continue boosting people (and then not paying them) and continue pretending that FoM gives readers 4x the money, when clearly, neither of these things work in the current pay structure. It feels like they've not been entirely honest - oh, and pulling the plug after selling a shed load of annual gift memberships over Christmas.