Why You Should Never Write for Seeking AlphaI want to warn everyone against wasting their time writing for Seeking Alpha. Here’s why:1) Clueless, Low-Quality Editors Who Don’t Understand InvestingSeeking Alpha’s editors are unqualified—most don’t even have a finance or business degree, yet they meddle with your work like they’re experts. They remove key arguments, add irrelevant nonsense, and generally make your article worse, not better.Why? Because they’ve outsourced their entire editorial team to India, hiring low-wage, inexperienced people who have never invested a penny in their lives. These aren’t professionals—they’re cheap labour. How can they possibly improve an article on investing when they don’t even understand the subject?2) Their Selection Process Is a JokeTrying to get an article published is like playing a rigged game. • If your stock idea is popular, they reject it because it’s been “covered too much.” • If your stock idea is unpopular, they reject it because “it won’t get traction.” • If your stock idea is somewhere in the middle, they’ll probably reject it anyway just to avoid the effort of actually editing and publishing it.It’s clear they look for any excuse to reject articles rather than actually do their job.3) They Think Grammarly Is AISeeking Alpha’s editorial team is so incompetent that they flag Grammarly and ProWritingAid as “AI-generated content.” That’s right—if you use basic tools to check grammar and clarity, they’ll accuse you of using AI and reject your article, even if you wrote it entirely yourself.4) It’s Not Worth the Effort • They pay peanuts—even if your article gets 5,000+ views, you’ll be lucky to make $200. • You spend days researching, writing, and arguing with their clueless editors, only to end up earning less than $10 an hour—an insult for anyone with real finance experience, especially CFA charterholders.Final Verdict: Avoid at All CostsMy experience with Seeking Alpha has been frustrating, time-wasting, and infuriating. The editors are arrogant and incompetent, the process is broken, and the pay is abysmal. It’s not worth your time, especially if you’re a serious investor with real expertise.
