> Please the algorithm. Doesn't reeeeally matter if people are reading your post. This is the crux of modern UGC algorithms: the actual input is the customers'

> Please the algorithm. Doesn't reeeeally matter if people are reading your post. This is the crux of modern UGC algorithms: the actual input is the customers' viewing habits, so while e.g. YouTube pays a nominal fee for the hosting and even paying out creators, they can avoid paying for human content curation that what would likely require the entire GDP of Brazil to succeed in achieving the level of usefulness it has today wrt. the recommendation feed.