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the other anon is correct that pay was laughable. compiling articles was more time consuming than youd expect, largely due to all the shitty technical stuff like SEO, tagging, finding and editing images. the actual writing was easy and research a non-factor if you knew the game. but because of al the annoying time sinks, pay was low enough that the rate generally worked out to be below minimum wage (pay worked in per-article fees)
1k is an accurate upper bound for the average article. 90% of listicles would never clear 1k unless the algo gods randomly decided to have it blow up. really the only things that would do bigger numbers were guides relevant to fotm stuff, and ragebait opinion pieces (the latter were entirely the editors' domain; reviews and editorials were not for the likes of us writers).
the anon is also right about the asana stuff. horrible system. you did have the option of pitching your own stuff, but about 80% of ideas would be shot down.
i got out just as chatgpt was blowing up. the work expected per article started to really increase and pay did not increase with it, so i just didnt see the point in keeping putting up with it. sounds like that anon was around later than me, but based on the trajectory of things as i left, i can absolutely buy his story. no idea if its actually him or a reddit copypasta though
