It's why I write on Quora and other places despite not receiving anything in return.
Knowledge, information and satisfaction is not nothing in my opinion. You get knowledge and information. Or give knowledge and information to others, when you answer questions. And you get satisfaction in both cases. Especially when you give knowledge and information to others. This can even lead to friendships.
I also use websites without monetary gain, but all of them are proving something useful/helpful.
Free work, done for yourself, with the purpose of improving, can do wonders.
There is no such thing as "free work". You learn and earn with everything. Especially if you "invest" it in yourself.
Recently I started to watch/view/read things about living in a car/van/RV, etc. There are many useful/helpful things. This includes Quora and other websites too. You can learn practical things that you can use in your everyday life.
For example there is a wikiHow article even about How to live in your car.
Of course this is not what I would like to do, but if I will not be able to earn enough money with Hive to buy an RV (recreational vehicle), then I will buy a car with batteries and a solar panel with a charging controller.
I am very desperate, so one way or another I will achieve the goal of living without having to pay rent and regular, monthly bills.
Have a nice day. All the best. Greetings and much love from Hungary.
RE: Why I sometimes work for free, for myself