Have you ever built a website or blog with not intention of profiting?

Hey everyone,

I'm actually in the process of setting up 3 websites and all we'll be doing is posting quality content for people to come in and read. In the beginning I don't intend on making money because I'm doing these websites because they are in a niche I've loved for my entire life. I'm basically building these 3 sites because I want to have fun with them

Now for profiting or just making some money, I think I might put a strip of adsense on there or some ads through BuySellAds but I won't be focusing on making money from the websites.

My main question, have you ever done something like this or have plans to? Have you ever put up a website that you just want to have fun with and you don't care about the money that you make from it? I would think that a lot of bloggers have done this because they can create content all the time and the money will come if they want it to. But whenever I set up a website I always focus on how I can make money from it. So this is a new venture for me

I can't give out the niche of my websites because I know I can get a load of traffic to them. But even knowing that, I won't be focusing on the profits. If they make enough to cover hosting and domain costs, I'll be extatic because I don't really have to pay for them lol.