Many programmers who start working on new personal open source projects wrongly assume that building something cool guarantees users, fans, and revenue will follow. Maybe it’s because they have seen too many cool stories of influencers on Twitter and believe it is true.

It's statements like these that remind me just how different the internet is for some people. I don't think I've ever strayed far outside of the "look at this cool thing I made!" parts of the open source community. The idea of chasing fame and monetization isn't really a thing in those circles, let alone "influencers" shilling content like that.