Scrolled through the comments and noticed something interesting—a lot of the so-called "KOLs" or influential voices posting their complaints there are the exact same people who throw their weight around when dealing with smaller content creators.

Here's the pattern: they'll follow you back, sure. But it's not genuine connection. They're mining your content, using your posts as material, tagging projects left and right just to rack up engagement numbers. It's all transactional. The moment you're no longer useful to their growth metrics, the dynamic shifts.

The irony hits different when those same voices complain about being treated unfairly. Community building shouldn't work this way—it's built on what you take, not what you give.