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by Forgeties79 273 days ago
Just like with Youtubers, people will stop these practices when people stop clicking on them.

It’s very easy for us to tell people to just not do that stuff, but I can tell you from my podcast production days that these annoying trends are often the difference between a 20% rise and a 20% drop in audience. No different than a clever book title turning heads.

To be clear, I find most of these trends incredibly obnoxious and I hated indulging them.