kill the metrics in your head

“Time Well Spent” is a better metric for content than popularity (likes, clicks, or views). But the internet doesn’t reward that - nearly every content platform today is optimized for popularity, not value, and this has led us astray, promoting fear based, viral content instead of things that are worth our time.
Myth and Metrics: How Social Media Robs Us of Ritual, and How to Revive It
Alexander Beinerbeiner.substack.com