I have wondered this myself. Surely, the way the system works is that the boost means more reads, and more reads = more money. But that shouldn't affect earnings across the board THAT much unless people really are so busy reading boosted stuff that they have no time left for anything else. I think Medium may well be upping the earnings for boosted pieces and leaving less in the pot for the non-boosted stuff. Chances are it will all change again soon. Nothing stays the same here. I'm sticking with it. Like you, I still love Medium. 💚And I adore your humour and made-up words.