The Open Secret to Gaining A Massive Online Following

No one talks about it, and you’re all missing out.

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Most of the rules of internet writing are total bullshit. Not the basics: grammar, spelling, syntax. You need those to convey ideas clearly and not sound like a moron, an eight-year-old, or Marjorie Taylor Greene.

No, I’m talking about the rules the content creators want you to abide by. The rules for building a massive online audience. If you want those rules, there are about 79,000 other columns on Medium that’ll give you the rundown.

Here’s a smattering of what they’ll say:

• Write shorter paragraphs
• Write headlines or intros that create a curiosity gap
• Use the caption or body copy to fill in the curiosity gap
• Write with your intended audience in mind
• Eliminate adverbs
• Capitalize on trending topics and audio
• Solve problems

Sure thing, Brad. Way to give the world a blueprint for how to sound like an earnest, terse, and mildly helpful chatbot.

I need y’all to strike the word “content” from your vocabulary. Write it on a post-it note, douse it in kerosene, and set that bitch ablaze. Your data…