I agree with almost every word of this. I didn't mention some of your points here only because I've made them in earlier stories for Medium, particularly "Why Are Writers Expected To Do So Much Self-Promotion?"

That one struck a chord with many members, and if you look at the number of claps and comments for it, you'll see that a lot of people agree with you:

https://medium.com/the-pub/writers-are-expected-to-do-too-much-self-promotion-63a5de81da1