I disagree with the premise that the readers who made it to the end will forget what they’ve read. I, for one, won’t. I’m sure I speak for many who are also fans of your writing. Who cares if a post is viral. Impact is measured in depth, not width.
Your point that this is a tragedy of the commons is interesting. Even given that, I get little attention on this platform, and have started writing for myself with the thought that I will do something substantial with this stuff someday. Thanks!
I loved this post. ‘More’ doesn’t stop, because ‘more’ is a self-referential loop. But we should divorce a written piece’s value from its ‘viral’ factor. After all, ‘more’ doesn’t care anyways.
Fantastic post - as I (re)start on Substack it leaves me with a sense of both dejection (what's the point?) and defiance (someone has to define the odds!).
I want to add an optimistic spin that echos Brian's, which is - maybe if enough people write motivated by the sheer pleasure of self-expression, deep thought, and writing, the content that's purely optimized for clicks will collapse in its own noise, since there won't be enough validation to sustain it. But that's not how algorithms work.
BTW - your "work with me" link is broken. Curious to learn more.
I disagree with the premise that the readers who made it to the end will forget what they’ve read. I, for one, won’t. I’m sure I speak for many who are also fans of your writing. Who cares if a post is viral. Impact is measured in depth, not width.
Your point that this is a tragedy of the commons is interesting. Even given that, I get little attention on this platform, and have started writing for myself with the thought that I will do something substantial with this stuff someday. Thanks!
I loved this post. ‘More’ doesn’t stop, because ‘more’ is a self-referential loop. But we should divorce a written piece’s value from its ‘viral’ factor. After all, ‘more’ doesn’t care anyways.
Fantastic post - as I (re)start on Substack it leaves me with a sense of both dejection (what's the point?) and defiance (someone has to define the odds!).
I want to add an optimistic spin that echos Brian's, which is - maybe if enough people write motivated by the sheer pleasure of self-expression, deep thought, and writing, the content that's purely optimized for clicks will collapse in its own noise, since there won't be enough validation to sustain it. But that's not how algorithms work.
BTW - your "work with me" link is broken. Curious to learn more.