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Kristina God's avatar

Thanks again for restacking two of my stories! Super helpful!

Great question. As far as I know, the Boost isn't exclusive for MPP members.

You're from India, you can't earn any money via Stripe at the moment but via tips/coffees. So when Medium Boosts one of your stories you could at least get rewarded financially via tips.

As an editor for The Shortform you're also eligible to become an official Boost Curator. You simply need to apply. Do you know how?

Ariel shared in the comments on YouTube that she now has 50+ folks in the program, which is really cool.

If you watch the video, you'll find out that Medium is looking for Curators in almost all topic areas.

In an upcoming video, I'll share an interview with an official Boost Curator. I guess this give more insights.

Let me know if you have more questions, Vidya.

I will also collect all questions and answer them in an FAQ on Medium.

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Vidya Sury's avatar

Thank you Kristina. Yes I know how to apply and did. Did not get selected. :-)

As for the tips/coffees feature, I can only hope! 💜

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Kristina God's avatar

Hi Vidya, so you applied and got rejected? I'm sorry to hear that. Did Ariel/Medium tell you why?

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Vidya Sury's avatar

I didnt get a response. I am assuming that lots of people must have applied and some got picked. :-)

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Kristina God's avatar

Maybe you will get a response soon. I will ask Ariel about the process. Fingers crossed you get picked too. I remember vividly how many authors thought they wouldn't get a verified author badge...then after a months... They received an email and got it! Hope this helps. ❤️

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Vidya Sury's avatar

Thank you Kristina! I got my verified author's badge too!

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Kristina God's avatar

Hi Vidya, Ariel told me that you can only become a Nominator if you are in the MPP. This means from India without a bank account in a Stripe country you can't become a Nominator because Medium can't pay you the 900 USD per month max. We talked about it before... Why not find a way to get paid. I already shared some examples with you. Then you could apply one more time for the MPP 😊

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Kristina God's avatar

I also mentioned you in my layesy story about the Boost

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Vidya Sury's avatar

Hi Kristina! I appreciate you!

About finding a way to get paid - how, unless Medium opens up the MPP to India? I do have a virtual US bank account via Payoneer but Medium does not use that. Sorry I dont remember the examples you shared. :-)

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Kristina God's avatar

See! Ariel said she has to add new Boost Curators from the community manually. It's the first comment on YouTube worth checking out. I know that she wants to add more and more editors

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