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Subscription platforms like Substack and OnlyFans tend to become a Girardian bubble, where a few visible successes obscure the many who quietly give up after failing to build an audience.

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ambition How much to take on and how hard to push: superlinear returns to effort, focus, slack time, and procrastination.

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  1. Jacob Falkovich Writer of the blog Putanumonit and the newsletter Second Person
    I suspect that both Substack and OnlyFans may become a Girardian bubble. Everyone joins after hearing from the few people who succeed; the thousands who slink away after months of effort netted them a mere 17 subscribers usually do so quietly.

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