No it's not a rant Pablo, and me being privileged doesn't allow me to see things as everybody -- I suppose the MPP issue is to do with size of a given market and whether it is worth setting up a mechanism to convert small amounts of currency and whether that currency is convertible at a reasonable rate -- I think Medium would lose money with many currencies and the true return to the writer could be negative in many countries - I can kind of understand them avoiding the headache. The racists yes, I've questioned people's motives on that - I can't see it being profitable for anybody. Tim Denning - I don't know why people bother so much -- but I think I read somewhere he has been at Medium a long time -- like over five years [more] - perhaps he's got a tribe, I have no idea - but maybe his success can be emulated over time - used as a positive - even if [we] have little inclination to red him! ...anywayz, Good luck with everything Pablo!