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The big platform plays (like Medium) are designed to reprogram precisely this natural writerly instinct. The moment you experience any success, they're designed to hook you into into their validation addiction loop (claps etc) to start competing for their distribution lotteries.
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In a sense, I’m writing for myself, and if other people decide to read, that’s great
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Makes sense, thanks for the heads up. In the end, I guess it depends on the incentives of the platform being aligned with those of the authors. Hopeful about Substack, but will be weary of this as a new writer
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