But the most important thing I've learned is that trying to create for an algorithm ultimately takes

But the most important thing I’ve learned is that trying to create for an algorithm ultimately takes away from creating for actual people." - absolutely agree.

Also, once you stopped creating for your people, your content is valueless. You might still make some “impressions” and maybe some money, but you die with the platform which becomes useless to most over time.

So, I would argue a better long term strategy is to build your audience around true content and then see which platform suits best at any point in time.

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