everyone has their own contribution to this observation

but how is everyone missing the enormous amount of self published slop released since 2022?

that stuff actually is selling, diluting the interest in the rest

its the law of diminishing returns

this may coincide with people also realizing they bought slop, as well as all the other distractions and ways of consuming that people identified

but just like software is experiencing this year, the same has been occurring in writing for 4 years