Wish I had known to cancel my renewal subscription and rejoin via a supporter's referral page. A kind and thoughtful gesture, Denise.

BACK-UP all your content before you do anything:)

Retain a copy of Medium's reply if anything goes wonky—they will fix the error, keep back-ups of the entire system.

As long as you do not DELETE your account, it remains as is, followers and content.

Once you rejoin, your MMP benefits should kick in.