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Who Should I Take Advice From?
Anyone can publish content on the internet nowadays — Here’s who I’m following and why you should follow them too.
Everywhere I look on Medium, I see people talking about how to get more views, how much money everyone has made (theirs or others), what the fastest way is to climb the capitalist ladder, or articles that are not related to money but are clearly optimised for clicks at the expense of quality.
Today alone, I read three articles (both in and outside of my niches) that were supposed to come from trusted sources but had poorly-researched content and — not surprisingly — clickbait titles.
I understand everyone wants a piece of the (Medium) pie for various reasons, and what appears on my Medium homepage is partly due to my own settings, but it got me thinking about what I offer in my own writing and whom I, as a reader, should take advice from. I hope my reasoning in this article can help you make the best decision for yourself too.
What You Can Expect from My Writing
I could write articles about how much money I’ve made and how to make all that money on Medium but, frankly speaking, it never interests me enough to write. Or I could pump out daily articles with controversial headlines…
