I Joined Medium Partner Program With Only 1 Follower

I don’t know how it happened

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I started writing on Medium in December 2020 and I immediately applied for the program.

As you can see from the screenshot, I am medium member since December 2020.

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Now, let me show you, my followers, in December 2020:

I had only one follower at the end of November 2020. So I joined the medium partner program with only one follower. I gained one follower after I became a member and that’s why it’s showing 2 followers at the end of December 2020.

But, I was able to join the medium partner program with only one follower.

Nowadays, I am getting stories like this:

I got confused and thought that:

How was I able to join the medium partner program with only 1 follower?

So, I did some research and found this:

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