the current meta for product launches on X is paid partnership facilitated by agencies and now podcasts and content are following suit. this is the dumbest strategy i have ever seen if you are trying to build a business out of media for a few reasons: - you create fake metrics that you can't sustain unless you always pay for them - you sell to advertisers early based on those metrics - because you're early in the project you sell slots at a premium promising upside - the upside doesn't…