I'm jealous. I want bots too. I'll have to see if I can encourage them in. I'm pretty new here too but I have heard of unclapping - I've never done it, I mean why would you, but I know it's possible. If you use the medium app on an obscure device and unwarily press a key, all manner of weird options pop up. You'll never find them again but they're clearly there, lurking behind the scenes for people who have time in their lives to unapplaud.

And I'd noticed the vanishing views but taken it to be a factor of it totalling a rolling 30 day period rather than an actual month. I could be wrong. Thanks for the article - it was a good read. I'm off now to lay down some bot bait.