I agree--which is why this is an absolute one-off/ not what I ever write.
My concern is, these pieces do, in fact, have legs. Not only are they appearing with a higher rate of frequency & landing on my homepage, but some are months old & have thousands of claps. If I were a new writer here, and didn't know how to dig, I'd probably run away. I want newbies to know that this isn't par for the course, and there are amazingly talented and resonant writers here. And now, we can only mute the publication from our homescreen--not the article or the author. When I saw four pop into my feed on Sunday, I felt compelled to address it. It's gross and it's not "writing."

Thanks for joining my revolution--I'll make you the Commander of the underground 😉