Yes, but…
I didn’t really want to, because you and the site will lose readers that way. The short-term gains are offset by the loss of paying readership, and eventually the site will implode if that’s all there is. It’s a lose-lose strategy.
I wrote this in response to a number of good writers here who were in imminent danger of losing their MPP membership because they were still a few followers off.
You won’t find many tips from me, here, though, on “making money on Medium.” See:
Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain | by Holly Jahangiri | Writers’ Blokke | Medium