It was in August 2019 and their “rules” were different and have morphed a couple of times since then. The email was yourfriends@medium.com and someone replied and apologized and actually offered to reevaluate my story! Since then they have gone deeper underground to avoid people who might make life difficult for them. As a person who made my living creating airtight standards-based assessment, I know it is difficult to get it right, especially when you are understaffed, as they have admitted. But curation jail (which they deny) for professional writers like me? Really?