I like the publications, which are great for finding writers on the same topic or genre (I most often publish in the travel pub. Globetrotters). Fabulous community there.
What I don’t like - the recent infiltration of AI writing on the platform. Medium’s policy is than an AI assisted writing must be labeled as such. But scammers don’t do that. It’s up to writers to identify and report violators. To me, keeping the platform human will be a real challenge for Medium’s managing team.