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Why More Content Makes This Worse
Why More Content Makes This Worse.
More content is rarely the solution.
It’s usually the distraction.
When founders feel unclear, they publish.
When they feel uncertain, they increase volume.
When something isn’t landing, they assume frequency is the fix.
It feels active.
It feels responsible.
It feels like progress.
It isn’t.
Content multiplies whatever frame already exists.
If the frame is clear, it compounds.
If it isn’t, it spreads the confusion faster.
That’s why more posting often makes things worse.
Instead of forcing a decision,
content becomes a substitute for it.
One more post.
One more angle.
One more explanation that might finally make it click.
It doesn’t.
What actually needs to happen is quieter.
And harder.
A decision about what you are willing to be misunderstood for.
A decision about what you are willing to leave out.
A decision about who this is not for.
Until those decisions are made,
content just adds surface area.
More reactions.
More comments.
More activity.
Less authority.
The founders who feel clear don’t post more.
They post less.
And every post lands heavier.
Not because of effort.
Because the decision already happened upstream.
More content didn’t fix the problem.
The decision did.
That's the whole point.