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Using Anger and Regret Artfully
Use them or get used by them.
A few hours ago, as I casually brainstormed about what I wanted to write about today on my daily walk, the word regret kept making its way to the forefront of my mind. I imagine this is because I like millions of others, watched the final episode of one of my favorite shows ‘Better Call Saul’ last night and it was a major theme of the episode.
I probably could have “branded” a whole post around the wildly popular show, found a way to use its name in my title, and fraudulently drew fans of the show in as a result. I guess that’s what a better marketer would do.
The problem is, that I have no interest in being a better marketer.
I have no interest in “drawing people in” with a title. I hate clickbait as much as the next person. I don’t want anything I write to be read by the masses under false pretenses.
In fact, when I make the mistake of reading some of the comments under some of my posts, I’m not sure I want anything I write to be read by “the masses” at all. Truth be told, I don’t like people all that much.
I like people on the internet even less than I do when I meet them in real life.
It’s a strange feeling to open this app and read hateful comments under something you wrote years ago…
