I just joined SN today. Thanks for this post and the lovely opportunity to express our stories. I have always loved writing. I have written short stories, articles. I am software developer by profession. 30m. Love organic chemistry, mathematics, chess, spirituality and philosophy. Of late I was feeling like I am not getting any value for the energy I spent on writing. And then I started researching ways to feel more valued for writing. One of the most obvious ways was to monetize writing in some way. And I came across some advice such as write short content on social media, then create a newsletter to elaborate the short form content and also farm the emails of people interested, and then sell them a product/service.

All this seemed too long-winded and didn’t necessarily make feel like writing for the joy of writing. I have over the years been collecting SATS. And today it struck me if there was some place to write and earn some SATS. That way I feel the joy of writing, also feel valued with the return on investment such as SATS ! And after a quick search I found StackerNews ! And regarding onboarding the concept and ethos feels quite straightforward, which is to write interesting and engaging content and earn SATS. Still yet to receive my first few SATS here.