^ I believe its an inside job. When the Merc sold out this blog by killing the "like" feature and mangling the entire platform in favor of ad sales and clickbait, my participation dropped by about 90%. I can only assume that this is true for many other formerly loyal IA fans. So what do they tell their advertisers when the robust traffic they promised became so drastically reduced? They must be forcing their interns to produce fake IAs week after week. The result is the withering of the brain and depletion of the soul, as evidenced here.
So godamn sick of this middle school level, "look how depressed I am" drivel.
So godamn sick of this middle school level, "look how depressed I am" drivel.