The current Medium Rules still contradict this as of January 24, 2021:

"Do not ask for claps or include other calls to action, including gifs of clapping, requests for donations, or other links or embeds for the purpose of capturing user information or soliciting money."

Source: https://policy.medium.com/medium-rules-30e5502c4eb4

Which one is right? Can we ask for donations (e.g. through patreon or ko-fi) and for claps, or not?