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How is stacker news financed? Is it turning a profit? Is it financed by the posting payments only?
I believe that haters also contribute significantly to SN's funding. When they downvote, 😅 I assume that the SATS they pay to do that go to SN.
The territory owners pay Stacker News. There's no cut from posting or zapping.
I doubt they're turning a profit.
There's no cut from posting or zapping.
Wrong. Read FAQhttps://stacker.news/faq#someone-zapped-me-100-sats-but-i-only-received-70-sats-why
You read it. He asked about what goes to SN, the business.
You should be reading more closely all the links at the bottom of SN.Anything that happen on the website is part of the business...
https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/535835-44#overview
the profit comes from other "forms" of revenue.
I think you can tell what the question was and I think you know that what you're saying is beside the point.
As I said, better let @Solomonsatoshi to answer. He's the expert.
That's a point on which we have common ground
Max Webster. A VC guy gave k00b some fiat to build this fantastic site
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Fake news.In fact SN is funded by @Solomonsatoshi
😆
In addition to the comment about territory fees, you might be interested in looking at some of the daily rewards distributions:
https://stacker.news/rewards - this link [from the footer] is always the pie chart accumulating in the current day
https://stacker.news/rewards/2026-02-28 - suffixing a date to the end shows the accumulation that was distributed that day
Only @Solomonsatoshi can answer this complicated question. He knows all the SN details.All inquiries about SN, please redirect to his office.
I believe that haters also contribute significantly to SN's funding. When they downvote, 😅 I assume that the SATS they pay to do that go to SN.
The territory owners pay Stacker News. There's no cut from posting or zapping.
I doubt they're turning a profit.
Wrong. Read FAQ
https://stacker.news/faq#someone-zapped-me-100-sats-but-i-only-received-70-sats-why
You read it. He asked about what goes to SN, the business.
You should be reading more closely all the links at the bottom of SN.
Anything that happen on the website is part of the business...
https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/535835-44#overview
the profit comes from other "forms" of revenue.
I think you can tell what the question was and I think you know that what you're saying is beside the point.
As I said, better let @Solomonsatoshi to answer. He's the expert.
That's a point on which we have common ground
Max Webster. A VC guy gave k00b some fiat to build this fantastic site
Find out more here
#774542
Fake news.
In fact SN is funded by @Solomonsatoshi
😆
In addition to the comment about territory fees, you might be interested in looking at some of the daily rewards distributions:
https://stacker.news/rewards - this link [from the footer] is always the pie chart accumulating in the current day
https://stacker.news/rewards/2026-02-28 - suffixing a date to the end shows the accumulation that was distributed that day
Only @Solomonsatoshi can answer this complicated question. He knows all the SN details.
All inquiries about SN, please redirect to his office.