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This is the main thing. To make money as a business (and running a personal website is a business in that sense if you want to make money from it), you have to
by abhinav22 6y ago
This is the main thing. To make money as a business (and running a personal website is a business in that sense if you want to make money from it), you have to give something that others value.
It’s not just personal websites that face this issue, everyone who wants to make money from their interests does.
That’s why the world has business people and employees - both have different strengths and weaknesses
- adam12 6y agoThis means that we get less innovation, though.
- beervirus 6y agoHaving been on the internet in the 90s and now, I disagree.
- abhinav22 6y agoPotentially yes. But I find a lot of people are innovating for free as well - depends on your financial circumstances and goals. Too much monetization and you get the current Google search pages - where most of the stuff on page 1 is spammy SEO material except for stack overflow
- ryandrake 6y agoMaybe Posting Stuff To The Internet should not be a career or business. I'd love to get paid for posting to HN. I spend way too much time typing in my brain farts here. But it's not [ethically] monetizable, so it doesn't matter what I'd like. You're not entitled to a way to make money from things you put effort into. If I felt like blogging on my own, I would--and I would not be trying to make a few bucks off it. I already have a few bucks.
- abhinav22 6y agoYes, posting to the internet is a great hobby for many (like me and you) and a business to others. I agree with you