Yep, they let an unqualified person lead the program, who treated it like her own personal high school clique, mismanaged it into destruction, and blackballed anyone who complained. Medium has fired her but there's no sign yet of what they intend to do next. They should scrap the whole thing.

We are of similar minds in these matters: https://medium.com/all-about-m/medium-is-still-not-better-will-the-repair-team-arrive-soon-92a8dd69452f