Kinda wish the median person on here wrote 20% worse but with 20% more curiosity/interest/digging about the things their writing is about

Instead of spending that last 20 minutes adding polish, refining word choices, and tightening sentences, maybe Google for a better example, more counterintuitive historical reference, or an extra concept. Or for some types of writing, add a picture, graph, or table. Or a badly drawn cartoon. Or a low-res screenshot of a document or tweet.

Unless you’re writing poetry or high-interiority fiction, the marginal value of writerly polish enters indifference zone well before marginal value of content freshness does.

Kinda miss the rougher but richer feel of early blogosphere. It’s like buying fresher produce at a messy bustling farmers market over better organized produce at a grocery store.

One tactic that works is to simply adopt a wilder, rougher style. Like unhinged rant style.

I guess it’s a losing battle though. We’re in a late stage of a cultural-technical cycle. For many, the polish comes easier than the dumpster diving, and is more satisfying. Oh well, I guess I’m just being nostalgic for wilder times. Carry on stacking the grocery store shelves.