I am pretty sure we have learnt that visits / clicks or "engagement" are metrics that lead to places we don't like. Metrics don't exist in a vacuum - they not

I am pretty sure we have learnt that visits / clicks or "engagement" are metrics that lead to places we don't like. Metrics don't exist in a vacuum - they not only tell us where we are, they set guides to directions we want to take. Also required quote: "Some one asked me " Bert Bacharach, you have written so many hit songs, what is the secret to writing a hit pop song. I said If I knew that why would I do anything other than write hit pop songs?"