Dear friends,

The impact of AI on my business has left me without the resources needed to continue topseofactors.com as the public service it has been. It’s difficult to say that, because supporting this community matters deeply to me.

This experience has made one of AI’s less visible consequences painfully clear: the strain it can put on communities. As more people gain the tools to work independently, the relationships and shared support that sustain community services can begin to weaken. Independence has real value. But some things only exist because enough people participate, contribute, and support one another. When that foundation erodes, the services we count on become harder to sustain.

I’m now facing that reality myself. My commitment to helping remains, but my ability to maintain this service has changed.

I will keep looking for creative ways to support the community with the resources I have. I will also need to reinvent topseofactors.com, and that will take a sustainable plan. I don’t yet know exactly what its next chapter will look like or when it will be ready. I want to give it the thought it deserves and build something I can reliably support.

Thank you for being part of this community and for giving this work meaning. I’m grateful for what we’ve shared, and I still believe there is value in what we can do together.

With gratitude,

Ted

p.s. I'm not giving up. I'm adapting to a new reality. Change brings opportunity and I am looking to that as should we all.