The alternative is uplifting the stuff you find worthy, and letting the rest live.

Sundberg was criticizing 'lots of samey articles'. That can include any number of people writing that way for any number of reasons. You can not intend to criticize marginalized groups but criticize them anyway because privilege is a hell of a blindfold.

Don't get me wrong, she obviously has the right to criticize, I mean the 'free country' thing counts for everyone. And as you can see it's gone spectacularly for her, this thing got wayyyyy more reach than her usual posts. So yeah, I guess hot takes will always be algo friendly because people love to chime in on moral quandaries. I really doubt it will improve anyone's writing tho.

Being a movie critic is a profession, even if you don't make movies you have to investigate them intimately to be in a position to critique. Doubt any of us make that cut.

If people charge for something you don't find worthwhile, don't pay them for it. If no one finds it worthwhile, no one will pay them for it, that will be their feedback. If people DO end up paying them for it, I guess you were wrong about it not having any value. Value is not universal.

There are genuinely no listicles on my feed. It's you guys :) I have actually been stunned by the depth and breadth of creativity I have encountered here so far.

I wasn't aiming at you with the phrase 'snooty elitism', I don't know you, I'm just pointing out that the same thing can be interpreted from different directions. But yeah, of course you can have any opinion you want on whatever you want, I have strong opinions on many published authors, I think Joyce is a worthless waste of time that everyone only pretends to like to appear cultured. But I wouldn't bandy those opinions about in a space full of creators, some of whom may already be feeling insecure or vulnerable about sharing what they write.