“5 reasons why…”
“10 things I learned by…”
“Ever wanted to become an X? Follow these n steps!”
This is Medium lately. A collection of ‘helpful’ articles, and don’t get me wrong some of them are genuinely good, but not the majority. A majority of these articles are run of the mill explanations on telling people how to live their lives.
It’s short, it’s quick, and most importantly, it’s easy! I think people who want to get out there and share their creative work can, but you have to dig a bit. The articles getting promoted, the people who write those self-help bits and all those other articles that have 2–3 mins of readable content but barely 10 words worth reading, will get more traffic, will be more popular, will get more views.
I think therefore that it is important that we build a ‘lit’ community, reach out, recommend and help each other out. I surely don’t do enough responding and commenting and reading, but I will definitely try and create connections with people who share this interest. Continue being a ‘bug’, we are still part of the ecosystem. We still are vital, and all you write is important. Maybe not to a lot of people, but to someone. Most of all you! So keep it up! :)
