[conviencefee999]

The same thing happens in writing.

Hundreds of creators creating content for these platforms, want to know the average rating is Five Stars. Want to know the average viewership? ~100, to even get to the stage of generating money you need to create several hundred chapters, and essentially beat the system to even make a hundred dollars.

For most of them, they will quit writing after their first series doesn't pick up traction, most don't understand the formula and strategy, most dont have the time or money to try.

Average viewership for light novels reaching 30~ chapters is less than a few thousand meaning which might seem like a lot, but it's not. From there viewership gets lower and lower. It's all based on demand and the only thing people want to read is porn.

[bookofjoe]

Currently reading "Novelist as a Vocation" (2022; https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/547926/novelist-as-...) by Haruki Murakami. He addresses this topic in his inimitable way.