[AndrewStephens]

Thank you for your story. I have been running a low traffic blog for decades now and there was a time when I craved engagement. I never put too much effort in but I did change the things I wrote about to try to get noticed, a strategy that was unmarred by success.

The creators that find success need to pump out content at a ridiculous rate. It is a faustian bargain that sucks in a lot of people.

[coliveira]

These people are essentially competing against an algorithm, not against other humans. I consider this to be an extremely distasteful endeavor.