2025 11 30
Kid on break. Chicago, Illinois. December, 2022. ยฉ Clayton Hauck
Iโve become quite obsessed with my fake internet visitors from China. Over 76% (up from 73%) of This Here Blogโs traffic comes from Unknown, China. While itโs quite clear these are not real people and I must be on some ominous list, itโs remarkable how the dopamine hits to my brain are still pleased by the jump in โengagement.โ Once the mysterious computers in a dark basement in Shanghai get redirected elsewhere, Iโll feel like this distraught kid on the floor, wondering where all my imaginary friends ran off to.
-Clayton