STOP: In the name of the brand police!

Hey hackers!

If you work for a brand’s marketing team or want to use HackerNoon for your content marketing needs, submitting stories from a personal profile is not the way to do it :-)

Instead, it’s a lot easier (and generally quite beneficial) if you work directly with the HackerNoon team and clearly disclose your vested interest so we can help you tell your brand’s story.

HackerNoon editors are very well versed in spotting brand content and will instantly reject articles that are submitted from personal profiles. Bypassing our editorial guidelines this way is also grounds for an immediate ban.

So why risk getting blacklisted when you can take advantage of our business blogging program and submit your promotional content for distribution via our powerful engine?

As a quick reminder on what you can achieve with HackerNoon’s business blogging program:

• Backlink to your brand’s website, including any Call to Actions
• A personalized Tech Company News Page featuring your logo, intro, call-to-action, and socials
• Full editorial support
• Multiple permanent placements on HackerNoon and social media promotions
• Stories converted into audio format and distributed via audio RSS feeds
• Each story translated into 12 languages for expanded reach
• Your brand also gains domain authority and SEO via canonical links and the story is distributed across 8 different relevant keyword/tagged pages for better organic discoverability.

Now, if you’re worried that you didn’t write as many stories as you would have liked in 2024 and want to impress your friends with your HackerNoon Decoded in 2025, here’s everything the editorial team at HackerNoon will be keeping an eye out on this year. If you submit thought-provoking stories in any of these themes below, you’re likely to have a better chance of getting published.

So without further ado, here are the big themes the editorial team will be keeping an eye out on in 2025:

1. Will AI finally peak in 2025?

The world was seemingly thrown into a whirlwind ever since ChatGPT hit the scene, but now, a few years on and without any meaningful breakthroughs, skepticism is rising. There’s obviously the continuous news headlines, but with a new US administration and the ongoing debate about the sheer amount of resources needed to achieve the next stage of artificial intelligence advancement, where will AI find itself in 2025?

2. Is Web3 “mainstream” now?

Now that the initial hype around blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and NFTs has cooled, technologists are putting Web3 technologies under the microscope. However, that might not matter at all since the industry might start seeing more and more “normies” coming into the fold now that the Trump administration is sworn in.

During the campaign trail, Trump promised that he would explore building a strategic stockpile of bitcoins; if such a thing were to come to pass, would that mean web3 is going to become mainstream? What even is the likelihood of such a stockpile coming into existence?

But beyond the investment case, is web3 really shaping real-world applications? Are decentralized finance, gaming, and data ownership truly becoming the new standards of the internet?

3. The space wars are heating up

Now that Jeff Bezos has thrown his hat in the ring with Blue Origin, Elon Musk’s SpaceX might begin to feel the heat. For the rest of us though, competition in the industry is probably a good thing as it makes it all the more plausible that humanity will be able to colonize Earth’s immediate neighbors.

As a bonus, HackerNoon is currently running the Spacecoin writing contest  for writers, space geeks, and champions of decentralization! With thousands in USDT up for grabs, this is your opportunity to bring your hot takes about space tech and get paid for doing so!

Have you checked your Decoded?

It's the ultimate recap of the stories, writers, and trends that defined your 2024!

Head over to your profile page for a personalized rundown of your year at HackerNoon!

And that’s a wrap! We hope these themes give you a starting point to write more on HackerNoon this year.

Looking forward to your submissions!