I prefer content from creators putting their stuff out their because it is their passion vs the creators trying to run their accounts like businesses. Platform

I prefer content from creators putting their stuff out their because it is their passion vs the creators trying to run their accounts like businesses. Platforms are welcome to select for the latter (and some do), but I'll take my eyeballs elsewhere. People who create for the joy of creating are the golden goose content that makes platforms fascinating. Malls full of ads just aren't fun. For vast majority of users, sponsored content is something they'd prefer to not consume. For-profit speech is an ugly vacuum of actual culture. Twitter sorting replies on threads to show people who paid first has already started training me to avoid looking at replies anymore. Capturing value on-platform can be the right move, but its constantly risking UX.