I also second what Shannon Ashley said: “I would love to see you open up some columns for indie writers within the MPP.”

I know you have to keep a balance between trained pros and self-taught writers, but I can’t imagine a stronger signal that individual voices matter than making people who’ve been honing theirs on here, in public, for a long time, the very faces of Medium.

Some people who come to mind: John P. Weiss, Shannon Ashley, Melody Wilding,, Mike Sturm, David Kadavy, Darius Foroux, Charles Chu, Zat Rana, Todd Brison.