A mental model to help you accept criticism as a freelance writer.

Verified writers are longtime contributors, writers who have completed our Hackership program, or are alumni of our blogging fellowship.

Our general time to review is 3-5 business days. Factors such as national holidays, and large product launches/events could affect those wait times.

The second human rule was invented by HackerNoon’s CEO and is part of the foundation on which HackerNoon was built. 

The full editing protocol filled with our rules, tips, and guidelines that govern our editorial decisions.

When you repost stories on HackerNoon, we offer canonical linking for individuals looking to grow their personal sites. 

Link spam is another factor that search engines (Google especially) are being incredibly strict about. That means the sites you link to need to be authoritative

We set strict limits on backlinks to decrease the chances of your article being regarded as spam/promotion in the search engine’s eyes.

To improve the quality of our content, we set strict limits on minimum word count. Our hard minimum limit is 500 words.

We are primarily an English publication, but we support writers whose native language is not English. You don’t need a degree or any language certification.

Sometimes when you copy and paste from external sites or platforms, like Microsoft Word or Google Docs, you might have text font or styling that doesn’t work.

You need to add as many credible sources as possible so readers can trust your words and verify them if they are skeptical.

This should be common sense; taking thoughts, ideas, or words and presenting them as your own is wrong.

We mainly cover: tech, programming, blockchain, business, startups, cybersecurity, AI, gaming, and writing.  

We encourage our readers to write guides, but we will reject with a passion any guides that don’t have any real actionable advice or technical knowledge.

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