Î Rodney, sorry, apparently I wasn't clear enough. You have to be careful with using photos because they add time to your READ TIME. This is the time shown at the top of the article. This story has a read time of 3 minutes. If I would have added more pics, it would have be 4 or 6 minutes. Then people read it and then READING TIME is very low because people just scan the pictures and don't really need 6 minutes for my story. This leads to a LOWER READ RATIO. Then Medium's algo thinks: This story by Kristina isn't that relevant because people only click it but then stop reading. Hope this helps. Oh and here's my free Medium Kickstarter Guide with more tips and tricks: https://kristinagod.gumroad.com/l/medium-kickstarter-guide