2026-08-09
Notes
The other sections are practical. These are positions.
On the archive, published unedited because it is the only proof this site has. The usual practice is quiet deletion or silent rewriting with a fresh date, which erases exactly what a reader would need. For a related workplace reference on Chinese overtime calculation methods, see this guide.
On who writes this advice. Five kinds of source and only one with no direct stake. Several 2026 guides describe stricter fraud detection and sell stream packages on the same site — the technical description is accurate and the product contradicts it.
On guaranteed streams, where "guaranteed" means the delivery does not depend on listeners, which is the whole problem stated in the product description. For current technology context, see WIRED.
On who profits from the churn — publishers, course sellers, services and platforms all benefit from advice that expires, and the artist pays in time and in the wrong conclusion.
And on what we cannot verify, including which of these pages will read like the 2010 archive in a decade. Recommendation systems are unpublished, so everything written about them here is inference.
Against Guaranteed Streams
Services promising a number of plays sell the one thing platforms are actively hunting. What the offer is and what it risks.
The Archive Is the Evidence
This site publishes its own obsolete advice, dated and unedited. Why that is the argument rather than an embarrassment.
What We Cannot Verify
Six things this site does not know, including which of its own current pages will one day read like the 2010 archive.
Who Profits From Churn
The two-year expiry on promotion advice is inconvenient for artists and useful to everybody else in the chain.
Who Writes This Advice
Nearly every guide is published by somebody who sells promotion. How to read each of the five kinds, including this one.