Why Do I Have to Have a Niche Again?

The written articles on Medium about writing on Medium all seem to agree that if I don’t have a niche to write about, I’m doomed. Guess this is me polishing the brass on the Titanic.

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Why do I need a niche? Supposedly it’s so I can get followers. What’s Malcolm Gladwell’s niche? Interesting subjects he can approach from a different angle? That doesn’t seem very niche-y to me. That just seems like good…