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How would you like to see "Hacker Monthly" compensate YOU, as a HNer, for publishing your contributions here?
What would be a fair approach?
I think we all frequently write for "free" on websites that earn money from user-generated content/ presence. I don't feel cheated by this.
It's a good investment to write for free (I think of it more like interacting or participating) because I learn stuff from smart people, get relationships with nice people, attention for stuff I work on, and am able to pass on attention to stuff I am a fan of.
I'm not opposed to writers getting compensated with money, but in this case i'm not sure it's the currency that would help either party out the most.
Though I wonder what kind of change in dynamics on the site would we see once the mturk people find out that you can get paid for posting articles and comments at HN.
We give our authors a print copy plus 1 year digital subscription. The comment contributors get the digital copy plus 1 year digital subscription.
Edit: And of course, full and proper credit (Thanks, Peter). The author also gets to link to his/her websites/twitter account in the his/her biography.
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If we wanted a metric of the value of the post, I would think up-votes would be a better metric. But personally, I agree with the others here saying that monetary compensation is not a good idea. Or, if you feel the desire to give back to the community financially for financial success you are having,perhaps a donation to PG or YC for maintaining this site.
(Yes, I know he doesn't need it, and I know he gets value from the site. Saying thank you is still a good idea, both because he does good things with money, and because it [the gesture, more than the money] will keep him interested and involved, even as his success and demands for his time continue to grow.)