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- sandspar 1y agoHuh? It's trivially easy to write a Reddit post that gets thousands of readers. A mid tier YouTube scriptwriter can reach tens of millions of readers/listeners every week. A well-written Instagram comment can receive millions of views in a matter of days. If you're content to remain nameless then you can reach millions of readers.
- JadeNB 1y ago> If you're content to remain nameless then you can reach millions of readers. Why should namelessness help? None of the examples you mention seem to require it.
- sandspar 1y agoSorry, I would have more accurately said "if you're willing to piggyback on a larger creator's channel", which typically but not necessarily involves near-anonymity, and where one doesn't need to have a famous name.
- yesfitz 1y agoThere are benefits to writing well besides increasing your audience. Paul Graham illustrates in his post, “Good Writing”.[1] “How does that help the writer? Because the writer is the first reader.” This is also supported by Graham’s post “Writes and Write-Nots”[2] “To write well you have to think clearly, and thinking clearly is hard.” I don’t take Paul Graham’s word as gospel, but I have yet to find any contradictory stance, let alone one that’s been useful to me. 1: https://paulgraham.com/goodwriting.html https://paulgraham.com/goodwriting.html 2: https://www.paulgraham.com/writes.html https://www.paulgraham.com/writes.html