[Loxicon]

you said: "...from someone who's been publishing on the internet for decades: no one will visit your website"

This is false.

It's more accurate to say that "no one will visit your website if you do not properly setup a distribution ecosystem".

It's hard work. But it works. All of my companies have been built by writing online --> distribution --> people finding my/our stuff.

Your experience of 'doing it for decades' reveals that publishing, in of itself, does nothing. And if all people do is publish (without the distribution engine), then, I agree it's a waste of time.

I write 1 hour per day. I spend about 2 hours working on distribution. Sometimes, I spend 4 hours on distribution.