to be a writer in 1967 meant getting paid the equivalent of $30,000 for an article called “Ballin’ Out The Boredest Babes In The Riviera” and hanging out in a restaurant 19 hours a day. today it means $200 to write the worst idea you can think of so people rage share your article
— 30 year old man saying he is homesick (@ByYourLogic) May 4, 2021
While I haven't yet started chasing those $200 internet writing gigs, my first column a dozen years ago, writing about computer stuff for an internet site that was mostly a labor of love for the site owner, paid even less than that. Plenty of people will churn out content for free in return for exposure, and if all you want to do is keep a content farm churning, that and a bit of editing for SEO is all you're really looking for.
"Piss Off Your Readers So They Rage Click Your Links With This One Weird Trick!" has zero appeal to me.
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