This also happens with a small business that expands too fast. I wonder what a sensible model would be? Maybe to linit the number of writers accepted and create slow growth?

Wikinut still exists, but it does not pay any more. To give the iwners their due they did explain and paid what they owed to that point.

MyLot is a discussion rather than a writing site. It does not make false claims and does pay. I think it a mistake to include it alongside writing sites.

Yes, Wikinut paid, but next to nothing. I was again shocked at one post with a lot of views earning just a few pennies. At least I do not think they were a scam.