i see your point
but to be clear, the website was not created for google
i know how google operates, and the new penalty he has every 2-3 years ,
i am not playing his games, SEO optimisation and shit like that, the site is for opinions and news, for people not search bots.
I will return to the beginning of the story about the excessive use of AI content. Negative branding of the site affects all services, Mediavine and Google are just examples.
For example, a penalized site will have poor domain authority, which means that it will become undesirable for backlinks. Few will want to be linked on such a site, and the domain will end up on disavow lists very quickly. It just leads to further sinking.
Next, sm networks like FB, Instagram... will censor or prohibit the sharing of links to your site (they often do this with low-level sites, they don't do much research on the reasons). Practically, you will make your site become just your private hobby, maybe a few more people from this forum.
You can't say that you don't want to play someone's game, and you want to be part of that game.
At some point you will want to monetize the whole thing, at least that's what you announced, and that will be very difficult if you are completely anonymous. Why would anyone want to advertise on a site that has a very limited audience?