You are so right Anthony. I've already had a smear piece written about me, and I'd only been here a few months at the time. It was horrible. I had no idea it was a thing.
Yes, I saw Robert's piece, wrote this response in support of him (when I should have been working), and got some shit for that as well - it's since been toned down. https://medium.com/new-writers-welcome/bullying-a-dyslexic-is-a-new-low-5e3c609cb0e1
What I've found has worked better for me this month, is shortform posts. They've performed best. I'm also holding back some of my longer articles for when I've got more followers, because they so often perform really badly at the moment.