Sorry Gary, but I must correct you. As an 8 year veteran on the platform, I can confidently say, claps don’t contribute to the algorithm in any meaningful way. Medium used to count claps back in the day and remunerate writers based on that. Many took advantage of the system, so Medium decided to count read time instead and rightfully so. I feel that while the article is well-meaning and encourages, it also gives people false hope and erroneous information. Maybe you should edit to clarify certain aspects.