> but if you build a good site with good content, people do just magically show up through mechanisms This hasn't been true for a long time, thanks to social m

> but if you build a good site with good content, people do just magically show up through mechanisms This hasn't been true for a long time, thanks to social media downranking posts with external links, and Google downranking any site that doesn't post daily updates or heaven forbid, doesnt have SSL enabled. A good site with good content takes time and effort to produce. And even then it will simply act as a feeder for people who will regurgitate the same information in simplified terms on a content blog (without a backlink of course) or social media. Worst case scenario, they'll try to productize that knowledge that was made available for free. After this happens enough times, people simply stop maintaining those sites.