I think it can safely be said, that regardless of what people tell you, anyone who writes on a content site or a blogsite wants to be a successful professional writer, and they want to make money.

If they tell you anything else, it's simply pride. They don't want you to know that they are failing. So they pretend it's not what they want.

There wouldn't be so many writing teachers and people earning money from 'teaching' wannabe writers how to write if that wasn't so.

We all learn the basics of literacy in our first years of school. It's a very easy thing to learn. However, if you're talking about basic literacy, then I think you should say that. You're not. You're talking about writing for publication, for money, etc. That is a very different thing.

Yes, of course, if people write something on the web, someone, somewhere will read it. However, again, that is not really what these people want. How do I know that?

I've been published on three continents for 60 years. You can google me. On top of that, I've been writing on various content sites since 1999. (I have been on the web since 1994 when I was working for a publisher.)

Over and over again, I see the same figures. The top 5% earn, and none of the others do. I see the same posts over and over again. "I have been writing articles on hubpages for 6 years. I have earned 33 cents. I try so hard. Why am I not earning more?" "I have been writing for Associated Content for 3 years. Yesterday I received my first payout for 22 cents. Why do other people earn thousands in their first month?" "I have been on Yahoo voices forever, and I have never earned anything. I write two articles every week. Only 5 people have left comments."

These people are crying out in desperation. While there may well be a few who don't write for money, they still write for affirmation, acknowledgement, and simply because they are so isolated and lonely.

Alain de Botton says much the same thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axXn_Vn2vYo

I understand that you probably earn your living by 'teaching' others to write, but the bottom line is that it's misleading, and it leads to intense disappointment later. It's unethical.

People are desperate to write because they want to earn an income from it. They want to be heard, and believe me, if one is that desperate to be heard, then what they have to say isn't what people want to hear.