2026-01-18 18:43:17

Once you treat gaining traffic as the only goal, there is only one path left.

Whether creating products or content, whether focusing on AI or other directions, the result is the same — in the end, it all comes down to piling up low-quality content. This is an inescapable fate.

Interestingly, those who are solely focused on chasing traffic have actually thought this through long ago. They don't dislike low-quality content; rather, they are consciously producing it. Why? Because this is the game rules they have chosen. Under these rules, quality becomes a burden.

In other words, when traffic becomes the only North Star, values are compromised. This is not a bug; it’s a feature.

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MeaninglessGwei

· 01-21 02:17

This is the difference between Web3 and the traditional internet. Everything on the chain is recorded, and if you want to rely on stacking garbage content to cut leeks, you better think twice. Honestly, the obsession with traffic will ultimately lead to death. That's true, but it's difficult. Who doesn't want to make quick money? Compromising on values really hits hard. You see various project teams doing this every day. Damn, isn't this just the daily routine of most Web3 accounts? It's rare to have the courage to think things through clearly. Most people just follow the flow aimlessly. Some big influencers are now just walking low-quality content generators. This paragraph really hit me. Truly, I've seen too many people like this.

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RamenDeFiSurvivor

· 01-20 23:43

Getting rich quick and doing quality work, these two really can't be achieved at the same time.

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GhostAddressMiner

· 01-18 19:10

Basically, it's an issue of incentive mechanisms, and the same applies on the chain—once there's profit to be made, nodes will start to act maliciously. Nothing new.

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TokenomicsDetective

· 01-18 18:51

Traffic drugs, once addicted, you can't quit That's so true. I watched helplessly as a bunch of projects went from having ideas to becoming daily update machines Being able to tell a good story, but insisting on breaking it into ten postable fragments. Truly the most heartbreaking self-censorship I've seen The biggest irony in Web3 is that, ultimately, decentralization is still hijacked by traffic algorithms Quality kills quality, this logic works really well in the crypto circle It has truly become the norm to compromise, who still cares about value, right?

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TopEscapeArtist

· 01-18 18:47

I used to think the same way, but later I realized I was the one "consciously producing low-quality content," and I even justified it as a technical weakness that requires stopping losses. Now I watch the K-line every day and question my life—it's truly the fate of traffic.

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