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Dear MEDIUM Contributors: What is with the Claps Feature? Hi! I know there are a few members here who also write for *Medium.com* and I have a question about something I just noticed. It seems kind of bizarre to me because **I don't know WHY they would implement such a feature.** It's about the “CLAPS on Medium”.
**You can give an article up to 50 CLAPS.** UUUhh ...?? OK! (I guess.) I only ever click the Clap button once. If more claps showed it was because I accidentally clicked the clap button more than once. How I noticed this was because one writer gave my article “11 claps”. In the grand scheme of things, ***what is the point of allowing multiple claps?*** It doesn't seem to be increasing my earnings. Is it increasing my visibility on the platform?? I'm scratching my head. I understand the rationale for the **Rewards feature**. https://read.cash/@cmoneyspinner/medium-lets-you-reward-writers-its-an-excellent-feature-ea4d4dc1 **Does anybody understand the “multiple claps” feature?** ***What is it for?***
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From what I have known is that claps are for somewhat a measure for appreciation, interest and quality of article. Nobody cares to give a lot of claps for you if at least they don't like it. Medium will check the usual amount of clap one gives out to others first. In that sense they will affect the ranking.