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I'm in a similar situation.

Started a website for fun, maybe I'll sell books. Then my website got popular and people want more content faster.

I have a day job, so I can't work full time unless I'm paid similar.

I'm unsure what to do next. My free website can be monatized with the goal of quitting my job.

Or users can get my hobby for free.

It seems no one is happy except me. The only benefit, my popularity will likely have me employed forever.

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>It seems no one is happy except me.

I disagree. Plenty of people are enjoying your content so much they want more. That doesn't mean they are unhappy, only that they think they could be happier than they already are. They are happy.

It seems no one is happy except me

That sounds ok to me. You're only responsible for your own happiness.

> It seems no one is happy except me.

Well, keep what makes you happy, and rest assured that happy people usually do not voice their happiness, so the entirely one-sided voices you are hearing carry almost no real information.

There's a balance. People might _say_ they want more content but sometimes when you give it to them they get bored.

My 2 cents: keep supporting it for free for a little bit longer, and then if there's no way to keep managing it yourself, make the leap and monetize. If people don't like ads/paying and leave, then you'll at least have a large userbase that can recover.

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