In the twenty-first century, every waking moment for a content creator is calculated towards appeasing the ever-hungry beast known as the algorithm. What a time to be alive! Forget about tortured artists starving for the sake of the craft; now, we have hustlers fueled by energy drinks, furiously tapping out tweets at 2 AM, all…
I once viewed content creation as a simple, mechanical process: write, generate traffic, and profit. This formulaic approach led to a false correlation between quality and monetary success. A popular piece might garner countless comments, signaling to search engines the relevance of the content, thereby driving even more traffic, views, and ad revenue. Yet, this…