I didn't get one, which utterly destroyed my plans not to write about it.

I wonder where the cutoff was? I expect to break the $100 barrier for the first time this month, though that is from one specific post that has been doing very well. I probably won't be as lucky next month.

Flushing those silly in-house pubs must have left Medium with money to burn; it's smart to distribute it like this.

And, as the bonus went to most of the people who I enjoy reading regularly, that should help ensure that they will still be writing. So, in a way, I did make a bonus!