Findings / UX-033
It is unclear how a writer gets paid
OpenHighGapnewsroom.sgit.ai
What we saw
The site states nothing is paid upstream yet, and does not say what will be. A blocking finding of the synthetic-user study.
Why it matters
Writers and publishers, the people the meter is pitched to, cannot see where their share comes from.
The fix
Say plainly what is paid today (nothing), what is planned and when.
The record
| Status | Open |
| Severity | High |
| Kind | Gap: something the reader needs is not there |
| Product | newsroom.sgit.ai, site |
| Where | https://newsroom.sgit.ai/ |
| Problems | Missing signal |
| Visibility | Silent: no symptom on screen: found only by measuring, or by its consequences |
| Recommendation | Show it up front: put the signal the reader decides by (length, author, short version, real numbers) where they look first |
| Area | Trust |
| Breaks | Say who wrote it, and how |
| Observed | 2026-10-11, v0.6.4 |
| Last checked | 2026-10-11, v0.7.1 |
| Source | Review: synthetic users |
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