Comment by chrisjj

1 month ago

I don't agree that whether the content is "real" is anything more than subjective.

If content you see laden with ads was not "real" enough to earn from sufficient readers, you would not be seeing it.

If that were really the case, then nobody would be employed to try and understand SEO, ranking algorithms, virality, etc.

Edit: what I mean by that is: I think your comment implies there's some sort of meritocracy to content people see online that isn't easily gamed. My various feeds, search results, etc, convince me otherwise.