From 60772cfc838c4cb94c1782a0076b72b2a13d7636 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Micha=C5=82=20Olender?=
 <92638966+TC-MO@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:25:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add note about negative profit isolation

add new note to monetization documentation
add new ignoredscope to .vale.ini
---
 .vale.ini                                       | 2 +-
 sources/platform/actors/publishing/monetize.mdx | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.vale.ini b/.vale.ini
index 19cd9bf254..c1a4ee7cbd 100644
--- a/.vale.ini
+++ b/.vale.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 StylesPath = .github/styles
 MinAlertLevel = warning
-IgnoredScopes = code, tt, table, tr, td
+IgnoredScopes = code, tt, table, tr, td, frontmatter
 
 Vocab = Docs
 
diff --git a/sources/platform/actors/publishing/monetize.mdx b/sources/platform/actors/publishing/monetize.mdx
index 8ddfc29882..45ae4a22f1 100644
--- a/sources/platform/actors/publishing/monetize.mdx
+++ b/sources/platform/actors/publishing/monetize.mdx
@@ -98,6 +98,15 @@ where:
 
 Only paid user activity is included in profit calculations.
 
+:::note Negative profit isolation
+
+An Actor's negative net profit does not affect the positive profit of another Actor. For aggregation purposes, any Actor with a negative net profit is considered to have a profit of $0.
+
+- _Previously:_ `Total Profit = (-$90) + $100 = $10`
+- _Now:_ `Total Profit = $0 + $100 = $100`
+
+:::
+
 #### How to set pricing for PPE
 
 1. _Understand your costs_: Analyze resource usage (e.g CPU, memory, proxies, external APIs) and identify cost drivers