Maybe in the future but the reality is that the last 10 years have been focused on distribution of content as the primary goal. We're focused on monetization, and helping creators make more money and delivering more value for readers who support them.

It's something we're still playing around with but one of the early issues we had was that some writers would come onto Beacon with a smaller subscriber base, but would add a really valuable article into the system that everyone read, and not feel fairly compensated.

If you generate value on Beacon, we want to make sure that's reflected in money.

So we came up with the idea of the bonus pool as a way to reward writers when their articles were widely recommended.

Currently we have a "Worth It" button which is basically like an upvote or a like - except it equates into real dollars.

Again, it's pretty new, but we're very excited about it. Last month, we had a relatively new journalist who's top article paid her out $1200!

no worries - hit me up if you have thoughts you want to share later - adrian@beaconreader.com