[swed420]

Although platforms like Substack alleviate some of the issues mentioned above, there still remains the most important issue of all:

FOR-PROFIT CONTENT CREATION

When I reflect on how awesome the web used to be, the one common theme was the creators were doing it for free, because their passion for whatever they were creating was simply that strong and authentic.

Fast forward to today's hellscape, and we can see the main reason there's a firehose of mediocre/low quality content is because everybody is desperate to make a buck.