Some people want to do something they believe in or can do which they have reason to believe other people get value out of and they reasonably think that they s

Some people want to do something they believe in or can do which they have reason to believe other people get value out of and they reasonably think that they should be able to support themselves. If they add value, people should tip or whatever so they get something back for making your life better. Monetization has been a hot button topic on HN for a long time. The HN crowd more or less hates any means to monetize content while also decrying the decline in quality writing. And it's not just HN. Journalism is dying. Small town newspapers are going extinct. And then people complain about the poor quality of reporting when the people doing the reporting are typically paid a pittance. I don't know the solution. I took HN's advice and "tried to get a real job" at some point and that didn't solve my problems either. I didn't get the job is the short version of stupid levels of drama.