Jon Lam #CreateDontScrape on Hiring

Jon Lam #CreateDontScrape@JonLamArt

Look at this Hot new Bullshit from Patreon and @Apple You guys saw that independent artists were actually making a living and just HAD to fucking squeeze this community a little harder didn’t you?! The layoffs, GenAi wasn’t enough?! Fuck you #Patreon #Apple #Antitrust

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Based on absolute engagement — the platform doesn’t expose follower counts here, so large accounts score higher.

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Why it worked

Opens with a question, so the reader starts answering before they have decided to read.
Contradicts something the audience already believes, which stops the scroll.
Ends on a short line that is easy to quote and repeat.
Short enough to read in full without expanding, which removes a step before the point lands.
Short sentences keep the pace up, so the reader never has to re-read a line.

The mechanics

Hook: Opens with a question
Structure: Hook → Landing
Style: Conversational paragraphs at a steady pace.
Tone: energetic, blunt
Mechanisms: Pattern interrupt
Written for: Hiring managers and founders

Analysis by ViralLoop — not written by the original author.

Topics

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