If you've ever wondered why I've written an in-depth analysis of a Walmart sweatshirt, why I always post stuff about screamo bands on a mainly Greek-life-centric website or why I obviously don't care about getting page views, I have some news for you.

This has all been a weird and I guess kind of hipster prank that I've been pulling on Odyssey.

The truth is, when my friend joined, she told me what Odyssey was like, and I thought it sounded kind of terrible, and usually when I think something sounds terrible, I stay away. This time, however, it was different.

I was pretty appalled at a lot of the content I was seeing at the time — this was about a year and a half ago — because a little thing I love called 'grammar' and also something called 'quality content' seemed to be completely absent from the entire site.

So I thought to myself, "How can I fix this problem?"

My response wasn't to join and start creating quality content; my response was to join and create content that was still pretty bad but fun for people like me to read. The truth is, websites like this aren't about quality. They're about relatability, and I know that somewhere out there, someone must relate to me.

Somehow over the past semester, I was promoted to contributing editor and now editor-in-chief here at UT's branch of the Odyssey. Considering how little I used to care about what I was creating, I was pretty shocked to be appointed a leader of the team. Am I qualified for this kind of role?

The answer is a resounding "Maybe."

Since the success of Odyssey relies on page views and ad revenue, my job is to get more people to read what my team is writing. In order to do that, I have to work with my writers to make their titles more click-baity, something I've always hated but have fallen for quite a few times — curse you, AltPress.

Is that a satisfying line of work? No. Is it beneficial to society? Superficially, yes.

As an editor, I have to dedicate my craft to getting page views, but as a writer, I don't.

If content that relates to me doesn't get as many views as content that relates to other people, that's fine. I know that this platform is not my future, nor is it the only thing in my present. It's a fun way to get experience writing and editing and working with a team.

And as long as this article doesn't get me fired, I'll probably be here for a little while longer.