I'll try to be as sincere as I can, since I haven't given it much thought. I probably should have. I definitely see territories as an investment. When I first discovered SN almost two years ago I read about the beginning of the project. There was a venture capital raise. I wished I would have been able to invest at the beginning. So, when territories were announced, I wanted in. I wanted a chance to invest in Stacker News. I knew the territories would not be profitable at the beginning, but I did want, and expect, to eventually earn sats on two of them: Booksandarticles and bitcoin beginners.

I hoped, and still hope, to earn enough sats from them to support the third territory, dogs and cats. I never really saw that as a way to earn sats. I wanted that as a way to aid bitcoin adoption. It may seem stupid, but I just have an image of older, crazy cat ladies posting cat memes and trading photos with each other using sats as their money, even if they don't fully understand what sats are. I know it's crazy, and a long shot, but it might happen.