It's not something I want to argue about, but I feel like I can envision a world where you connected with your audience without the intercession of a "black box

It's not something I want to argue about, but I feel like I can envision a world where you connected with your audience without the intercession of a "black box" corporate system. (I hesitate to believe that an algorithm could beat word-of-mouth, or that, if it could, that this is desirable in some hard-to-quantify sense.) However, I have no idea if this imaginary alternate reality is realistic or some kind of Harry Potter fantasy, y'know? In any event, I'm glad you are getting something good out of it. Cheers! :)