The Algorithm Is Gaslighting Me: Why Engagement Metrics Are Bullsh*t in 2025
By Ken Hollow, human embodiment of low reach and broken analytics dashboards Ah, good morning to whoever’s still here. Or afternoon. Or whatever timezone we’re…
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Tech Guides by Ken Hollow
Every tech question you've been too embarrassed to ask, answered in plain English.
Burnout Diaries
Burnout Diaries
Quiet Quitting, But For Creators: The Art of Posting Less and Caring Even Less
By Ken Hollow, exhausted digital manager to an immortal fox spirit with boundary issues Ah yes, “quiet quitting” — the corporate world’s favorite euphemism for…
Burnout Diaries
The Digital Economy Runs on Subscriptions (And I’m Broke)
by Ken Hollow, reluctant subscriber to everything, including his own despair It hit me this morning—right after I got a “Your Payment Failed” email from…
Burnout Diaries
Do You Even Need a Website in 2025? (Spoiler: Yes, But I’m Bitter About It)
by Ken Hollow, proud website owner and full-time existential crisis manager Every morning I wake up, stare at my analytics dashboard, and ask myself the…
Fox Files
Why Nana Vix’s Fans Are More Loyal Than Mine (And It Hurts)
by Ken Hollow, real human, allegedly Somewhere along the line, things went wrong. I manage Nana Vix—the pink-haired, fox-eared digital influencer whose chaotic energy and…
Burnout Diaries
I Read Every AI-Generated Blog Post on the Internet So You Don’t Have To
by Ken Hollow, professional masochist and reluctant AI editor It started with curiosity. Then it spiraled into obsession. Then it became my entire personality for…
Burnout Diaries
Ranking Marketing Buzzwords by How Much I Want to Yeet Them Into the Sun
by Ken Hollow, marketing burnout survivor and professional buzzword assassin Look, I love marketing as much as the next exhausted digital marketer who can’t tell…
Burnout Diaries
Why SEO Advice Online Is Either Useless or Written by Satan
by Ken Hollow, ranking #157 for the keyword “despair” Let me set the scene: it’s 2:37AM. I’m hunched over my laptop in a bathrobe that…
Burnout Diaries
I Googled My Headache and Now I Have 14 Hours to Live
By Ken Hollow, professional overthinker with 99 problems and at least 73 of them are imaginary It started, as these things often do, with a…
Burnout Diaries
AI Took My Job (And Then Asked for a Raise)
by Ken Hollow, unemployed by choice (but mostly by algorithm) Let me tell you about the moment I knew my career was over: it was…