Digital Sharecropping: How Platforms Keep You Poor and Dependent in 2026
The Farm You Don’t Own: Defining Digital Sharecropping You plant seeds—hours of writing, filming, editing, engaging. You tend the crop—analyzing metrics, adapting to trends, nurturing a community. You even see a harvest—views, likes, followers, perhaps some ad revenue. The land feels like yours. The connection with your audience feels genuine. But with one opaque policy…