What To Dislike About The Daily Two Cents Login Page?

Also known as, "Changes in the Daily Two Cents login page" and "What's the fastest way to get to the Daily Two Cents WordPress dashboard?"

If you write on Daily Two Cents (writing site that used to pay per view, but has since changed its payment model, unfortunately where you can publish articles and earn some passive or residual income), then you must have noticed that there were some changes to said site. What are these changes and is there an issue or problem with them?

Daily Two Cents dashboard

Before, this is what happens every time I log on to Daily Two Cents – I would get taken straight to the dashboard where I can see and find all the links that I need.

For example, if I want to write a new article or if I want to see my profile page, etc, then all I need to do is click on the appropriate links to get to where I want.

Daily Two Cents old login page

But things have changed and you can easily see that even before you log on to Daily Two Cents (DTC).

First of all, the log in link that I had (http://dailytwocents. com/wp-login.php) redirected to another page: http://dailytwocents. com/profile-2/login/.

The log in page used to look exactly like its Writedge (also a writing site like DTC) counterpart – very clean and plain.

All you can see are the textboxes where you need to input your username and password as well as the sign in button and the site logo.

There isn’t anything else on this page, not even ads, so you won’t end up being distracted or accidentally clicking something else. Once you enter all the required information, you’ll get taken straight to the DTC dashboard.

Daily Two Cents new login page  

The new DTC login page doesn’t look plain or clean at all. Aside from the textboxes where you need to type your username and password, there are many other things that you can find on this page including ads and the DTC menu and header.

Once you log in, you get taken to your profile page (which is also new, but let’s not get into that now).

Where’s the Daily Two Cents dashboard?

When this happened for the first time, I felt a little panicked because I didn’t know how to get to the DTC dashboard.

My internet was acting up, so I didn’t see the big button (with the words "click here to write new post") or the black header bar (where, if you hover your mouse on "Daily Two Cents," you can see a drop-down menu with the link to your dashboard) right away.

Everything looked rather messy and quite confusing, so I was very glad when I finally saw the aforementioned links. Needless to say, I went straight to my dashboard and was very happy to see it.

Fastest way to get to the DTC dashboard?

Now, I wonder if there’s a way to make it so that when I log in to the site, I’ll get taken straight to my dashboard just like how it is in Writedge (hope things don’t change there as well)? I also wonder why things had to change for DTC?

Guess I got too used to how it used to look and how we got taken to the dashboard first (you can access the profile page from there by clicking on the appropriate link) so this change seems odd.

It looks like it might take me a while to get used to this change. What about you? What do you think? Do you prefer to see your DTC dashboard first or your profile page?

*Notes:
- Image is by 27707 (Public Domain) from Pixabay
- YouTube video features the Daily Two Cents dashboard where you can access all the links you need to use the site
- This was previously published elsewhere

Why you cannot see all the comments in Writedge and Daily Two Cents?

Did you notice the changes to the comments section of Writedge and Daily Two Cents (writing sites where you can earn some residual or passive income that used to pay per view, but have since changed their payment model, unfortunately)?

What are these changes? What do you think of them? Do you like them? Is something wrong with them? Is there an issue with them?

When you log in to your account on either of the 2 sites, you can see the "comments" link on your dashboard.

When you click it, what used to happen was that you will get taken to the comments page where all the comments made in Writedge or Daily Two Cents (depending on where you’re logged in) are displayed.

So, it doesn’t matter whoever commented or if it’s your article or not because you can see all the comments there and read them all. If your articles have comments, you can see them there too. You can even respond to the comments on your posts there.

How the comments feature looks like now?

But, now, things have changed. Now, Daily Two Cents and Writedge have removed the ability for you to see the comments in other people’s articles. Now, when you click the comments section in your dashboard, you can only see the comments on your own articles. You can no longer see the other comments in other articles by other authors.

Reason for the change? Is this a WordPress thing?

Do you wonder why they did that and why they made this change? Or is this yet another WordPress issue / problem? Because it wasn’t like you can do anything to those comments if they’re not posted on your article anyway. You can only make changes to your own comments or those in your articles.

For example, you can edit your comment if you made a mistake or unapprove the comment on your article. If it’s not your article or comment, then you can’t do anything.

The only thing you can do is read it. So, I wonder why they had to change things. What do you think about this?

Reasons to like seeing all the comments on Writedge and Daily Two Cents

For me, I actually like seeing the entire comments list. Why? This is because I get the chance to read lots of interesting comments plus the comments page also includes the article title and link where the comment is located, so if the comment I read seemed interesting enough and if the title caught my eye, I can easily click the link to check out the post.

Thanks to this, I was able to find lots of new (and even helpful and useful) stuff to read. I like that because I’m usually working on the text post editor on the WordPress dashboard, so I don’t really get the chance to check out the Writedge or Daily Two Cents sites unless I’m previewing the post I’m working on. So, what about you? What are your thoughts on these changes?

*Notes:
- Image is by 27707 (Public Domain) from Pixabay
- This was previously published elsewhere
- YouTube video features the Writedge and Daily Two Cents WordPress dashboard where you can find the link to your comments list

2 Reasons To Dislike Persona Paper

Persona Paper is a revenue-sharing (unfortunately, this site no longer pays) writing website where you can earn a little bit of residual or passive income by posting articles on said site and interacting with the other site members. It’s a pretty good site, but what’s 2 things to dislike/hate about it? Let's discuss the issue in story format:

“Hey, man, when was the last time you logged on to Persona Paper?” Aleks asked.

Ivan pondered the question for a moment. “Ah, I can not remember. It is feeling like forever ago. Does it matter?”

“Aww, man, you too? I can’t remember either. We gotta go find a PC now and like login there and stuff. Come on.”

“What is reason for rushing? You are wishing to publish article on that site?”

“Eh? I dunno yet. But that’s totally not the point.”

“Then what is point? Why must we log in to Persona Paper right away? Can it not wait?”

“No, it totally can’t. It’s cause of Persona Paper’s weird rules.”

“Chto? What you mean? What rules?”

“Dude, have you forgotten? Persona Paper has this weird rule where you are like required to login to the site if ya don’t want yer account to be deleted.”

“Ah, I am thinking I am remembering something like that. Was there not some sort of time limit, a certain number of days that may pass before you must login or lose your account?”

“Yeah, something like that, but, the thing is, I can’t remember that part of the rule. I just know we gotta log in there regularly or we lose our accounts. Uff, what a total hassle. So inconvenient.”

“We are not being required to post article, are we?”

“Uh,” Aleks said, trailing off and scrunching his eyebrows in thought. “I’m pretty sure no. Thankfully. Unless they like changed the rules or something since we last checked our accounts there.”

“Hmm… I am thinking there is something else to this although I can not quite recall right now.”

“Huh? Oh, yeah, that’s right. There’s more weird rules on that site. If you don’t log in to your account and stuff, they’ll also start deducting money or coins that’s already in your account. So you end up losing what you already earned there if you don’t regularly log in to Persona Paper.”

Ivan frowned. “What a hassle indeed. Perhaps I should just let it go.”

“What? Are you kidding me? Why’d you wanna do that, man? You already have a number of coins there, right? Well, so do I. And I dun wanna lose all of that. Besides, we like earned it and stuff already, right? It’s sad to think about losing all that. And, like, I don’t want my account to be deleted and stuff, ya know? Like, what about all my articles on there? I dun wanna lose those either.

“I just wish they didn’t have such weird rules, you know? Like other sites don’t make/force/require you to log in or else they’ll get rid of your account. I mean, like, what do y’all think ‘bout that, huh? Imagine losing your account on a site just ‘cause you didn’t get to log in and even losing what you earned already just ‘cause you weren’t there and stuff.”

“What is being your opinion about this?”

“Eh, you guys can just share it below or whatever. Come on, man, we gotta go log in to Persona Paper now. Let’s find a PC and fast. Who knows how much time we have left? I don’t even remember when I last logged in there,” Aleks said, taking hold of Ivan’s hand and practically dragging him away in his haste to get to or find the nearest available computer.

*Notes:
- Image is by mitchellfox (CC:BY-SA) from deviantArt
- This was previously published elsewhere

How to Join the Writedge and Daily Two Cents Forums?

Did you know that Writedge and Daily Two Cents (writing sites that used to pay-per-view, but, unfortunately, they've both changed their payment model) have a forum where you can ask questions and get help in case you need it or if you’re experiencing problems? How can you join the forums?

Member support

One of the latest blog posts about Writedge and Daily Two Cents is that they’re changing their member support system. Before, there used to be an on-site support system so you can easily contact the admin right from your WordPress dashboard when you’re logged on to either website. Now, you can contact them by using the appropriate Facebook group, via the aforementioned blog or by using the forums.

Writedge and Daily Two Cents forums

So, how can you get started with the forums? Unfortunately, you will have to create an account if you want to use the forums.

First, go to this URL – http:// writedge.com/forums. Click on the "Register" link near the top (beside the login link).

Terms of Service

You’ll be taken to the terms of service page. It’s fairly short, so it shouldn’t take you that much time to read it. After reading it, just click on the "I agree to these terms" button (if you don’t agree, then you can’t create an account).

Registration page

After clicking on the aforementioned button, you will be taken to the registration page. On this page, you will have to input your chosen username. For me, I just used the same one that I’m using here on Daily Two Cents and on Writedge. You will need to enter your e-mail address and your chosen password.

You can choose whatever timezone you want. After you input all the required details, just click on the "submit" button. If there are any errors (for example, if you forgot to add numbers to your password, etc), you’ll just be brought back to the registration page so you can correct them.

Activate account

After registering, you will have to activate your account on the forums. You’ll be sent an activation code to the email that you used to register and you just need to get the code from there so you can log on to the forums. If you try logging in with the username and password you just created, it won’t work since you have to activate your account first.

If you have any questions about this or need some help, feel free to ask :-).

*Notes:
- Image is by PhpBB (GNU General Public License) from Wikimedia Commons
- This was previously published elsewhere

1 Reason to Dislike Writedge, Daily Two Cents and Po.st

Do you like it when your clipboard gets hijacked? I don't. Definitely don't like it. IMHO, it's so inconvenient and frustrating. It's such a hassle and waste of my time. Okay, so, what am I talking about exactly? Here's an example:

You see that little box with the social media buttons? Yeah, that only shows up when you highlight any part of an article or post from a site that has this feature or whatever you call it known as Po.st.

Or, to be more precise, you have to highlight a part of the text and then copy it as in right-click then choose copy or do the usual ctrl + C. That box automatically popups every time you highlight and copy text from a site that has Po.st.

And, you know what? That's actually okay with me. I mean, I'm not actively liking or disliking this feature. I can live with it. It's not that bad, really, and, sometimes, I even think it looks kinda cute/nice.

It doesn't really get in your way and it disappears as soon as you click anywhere on the article, so I can just ignore it.

What's the issue then? The issue and the real problem is what happens when you paste the text that you just copied anywhere. This is the part that hijacks your clipboard and which I really don't like. Take a look at the pics below:

In the above pic, I pasted the copied text on the search box of a search engine, so I can check and see if it's been plagiarized. But look what happens.

Instead of only getting the text that I wanted and that I copied, thanks to Po.st hijacking my clipboard, this new text (the one that says "read more at...") also got pasted alongside the text that I pasted.

So, now, instead of just hitting the search button or the enter key right away, I have to delete the added extra text. What a hassle and waste of time.

The above pic shows what happens when I paste the copied text on a word or text document. You can see the entirety of the extra text that Po.st automatically added to my clipboard when I copied the text from the article.

This happens regardless of where you paste the copied text. The extra text gets automatically tacked on complete with the messed up link (what's with those weird letters and numbers and stuff? Even if it's my own article, I ain't clicking on that link. Thanks, but no thanks).

Why does this have to happen? Maybe others like it, but I really don't. I mean, I don't need to be prompted to "read more" or share the link or whatever.

If I want to share an article (regardless of who wrote it or where it's located), then I will and I can get the link myself. Plus, this just adds on extra work for people who don't actually like this added text.

They have to go through the process of deleting the extra text and the worst part is they didn't even copy it in the first place. It was just automatically added on to their clipboard thanks to Po.st.

IMHO, this is not user or reader-friendly at all. But that's just my opinion. What do you think? Do you like it when your clipboard gets hijacked? Also, if anyone knows how to stop this, yes, I would definitely like to know.

I tried to search online, but couldn't really find anything except some people also talking about how they don't like it when their clipboard gets hijacked (glad I'm not the only one).

And I also found out there were other services like this Po.st and there was something about your privacy and it following you everywhere or something? Don't really know and I'm not sure I even want to find out.

P.S. By the way, I'm really glad that Persona Paper doesn't have this and I hope that it will never have this feature because I do copy my articles (not just here, but on other sites and blogs that I write on) to a word document, so I can have backup copies and I also check them for plagiarism whenever I get the time to do so.

*Notes:
- Pics are screenshots from an article that used to be published on Writedge. Since Writedge and Daily Two Cents changed their payment model, the post can now be found here
- This was previously published elsewhere