This story misrepresents my views and punches down by slamming the views of a dozen commenters on my story who have vastly smaller followings than the original poster does. I've reported this story to the appropriate authorities, but this is a federal holiday weekend in the U.S., and I may not hear back until next week.

Until then, you may want to avoid clapping for or commenting on this story before reading my original. Thanks so much, and here's my post:

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