Perhaps they don't know the going rate for article writing or simply don't value their time and/or their work? It's hard to say exactly but I imagine those could be it.
It's a specialist topic which means it's not exactly a easy topic to write about unless you are already aware of it. People can earn. I can earn that same amount writing less as forum posts.
If someone is a professional writer, they are going to be looking for something in the region of $15 and upwards for a 500 word article. Why would they take any less?
That said, we don't pay our writers. We're a non-profit website from the top down, so they are basically a staff team who write at their own pace. All writers are amateur and aided by a team of editors (including myself from time to time). We have turned people down who were incredibly bad though. One has to at least have a decently high standard of grammar. The editors are required to have an excellent standard and some of them write too when they feel like it. They're learning and if they ever become pro later because we've helped them improve their skills somehow, good luck to them, I'd love to see that.
If you consider that I've helped out a couple of websites with graphic design for free in the past, it's the same thing. People severely undervalue the time and effort that a designer might put into it, but I did it for fun and as a learning experience for me. If it was an actual client, I'd probably be charging them 500 euro for that same amount of work. lol.
I wouldn't mind writing articles for something that I love for free. I have done in the past. However, I wouldn't work for someone else for that, especially if they are making money off it. 1 dollar per 1k words. XD. Writing a great article takes time and several rewrites.
This looks like a low rate but I guess it is okay for beginners like me. However, that 100-word quota is an approximation only, I’d say 80 to 120 words more or less would be the case to earn 10 cents per post. I just don’t know if you can find a writer who is well-versed in that theme because autism is not that popular subject yet.
