Yeah, that Botticello guy is a moron. He clearly doesn't know jack shit about cryptocurrency. A cursory look at the top 50 of the projects on Coinmarketcap would've led him to look into Steem. No skilled writer would've looked twice at that Medium crap after understanding Steem.
I bet I couldn't have earned a tenth over of what I have earned on Steem on a mainstream platform like Medium in the time that I have been active on Steem. Sure, it's a different ballgame in that engagement and relationships are everything here and it does take time. But a lot of people are social media addicts anyway.