I have a personal website that I guess you could call a "blog", at least for the last year I've written semi-regular posts. I don't want any money for it (and I

I have a personal website that I guess you could call a "blog", at least for the last year I've written semi-regular posts. I don't want any money for it (and I wouldn't expect to get any). Part of the reason I write stuff is to clarify my own thinking, a big part is to try and get my opinions "out there" and another smaller part is to try and establish myself as someone who knows about stuff - "personal branding" though I hate to say it that way. I could go on, my point above is that, in principle, the blog provides value for me the producer that does not depend on charging people to read. The biggest value is trying to get more interested eyes on it, with as little friction as possible. If you could find a market for people (writers) that basically value dissemination information and being part of a discussion, and not get stuck with people who just want to write marketing or promotional content, you might be able to get writers to pay if you could give them legit interested traffic. It would be a reframing of the value for most people though, you'd have to do some good convincing and show people why it would be worth it. Edit: and just seeing a sibling post, I'd prefer any commenting or discussion doesn't happen on my blog specifically. Either HN or equivalent, or if a new platform could offer an HN like board with a critical mass of interested commentors, that would be best. Also please resist any temptation to fake a community with AI comments, it's only a matter of time before someone does that.