This kind of justifies the concerns expressed herebelow:
This is merely a program so people can write about what they are passionate about and earn a few bucks while doing it. Simply by looking at the numbers, it simply wouldn't make much business sense to pay out more than the article would generate. Also, we're simply asking for a 400 word article here, we're not looking to award anyone a Pulitzer prize
Explain why you think bitcoin needs or would somehow benefit from excessive mediocrity.
That which is worth doing is worth doing well, why are you promoting halfassedness?
Now consider the proposition you offer here: cryptosource.org/submit-news/earn-be-heard/
Compared to what your OP offers:
Payment- Payment amount for the articles are at the discretion of CryptoSource.org staff.
- Payment will be made once an article is posted.
- Articles can be held by CryptoSource and posted at a later date. Just because you submit an article today, does not mean we need to post it today. The posting date is at the discretion of CryptoSource.org and is dependent on our current budget.
- Full pricing information can be found on CryptoSource.org
These things where an author submits everything to the whims of your discretion is unattractive unless you can establish some sort of WoT presence.
I'm looking for opportunities to write for other venues but right now your terms and the impression your content leaves me with is unattractive.
We are working on building trust. It's much easier said than done. Those statement are merely there to protect us. We do not want to publish content simply because it was submitted, we want to publish relevant and interesting content. Unfortunately, some people always try to bend the rules and will expect payment for submitting garbage. All that text really means is that if we like your article, we will publish it and you will get paid. If we don't use your article we won't use it. It's as simple as that.
Most of the time, if we are holding an article we will still pay up front as well as give you the date/time that it will be published.
