Rise of the Happy Clappers

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Times change, and with them the bizarre habits of the Medium membership clammering for pennies worth of return.

In the past month, I’ve noticed this odd new phenomenon, where random Medium members with a few thousand followers but who themselves follow just one account, suddenly appear out of nowhere and slap a handful of claps on maybe ten of my stories, all within a few moments but not lingering long enough to show up as readers.