Questions About Persona Paper Notifications

Hi there. What's up? I haven't been able to log on to Persona Paper in a while. But I'm here now (wouldn't want to get an email about my account getting deleted; just saw an article about that on the front page).

Anyway, I was looking at my Persona Paper notifications list and I've some questions. If I click on the "show all" link, nothing happens, so it seems like I can only see the very latest notifications.

Is that really the case? Why? So, the notifications will disappear from the list if you don't look or check them for a long time? Is that how it works?

Right now, I don't even have a full page of notices. It looks like these are just the very latest ones. The old ones, the ones from before, it looks like they're gone now. So does that mean that I can no longer access them?

It's been a while since I've been here, so now I don't know if maybe I got responses to some of the comments that I made on my and other people's articles or if some of my older articles might have gotten some comments or if the people I'm following might have submitted new articles here on Persona Paper.

Thanks for any clarification on this matter :).

Here are some of the comments from this article, back when it used to be posted elsewhere:

MaeLou wrote on September 25, 2014, 11:59 AM:
"I think elitecodex has it set up where it's the last 2 weeks or last 3k notifications. So, if you haven't been on for 30 days, then yes, you will miss those notifications.

""Show All" is showing all of the notifications, and not broken into categories. So, you'll see the new submitted, tagged, polls, etc in "show all" or you can break it down and view only "submitted" etc."

FreyaYuki replied to MaeLou on October 2, 2014, 9:53 AM:
"Ah, I see. It's too bad that we have to miss the rest of the notifications. Thanks for informing us about this."

bestwriter wrote on February 5, 2015, 1:47 AM:
"The moral of the story is that you should get back here more often (lol)"

FreyaYuki replied to bestwriter on February 7, 2015, 8:37 AM:
"LOL. I'm trying to be here more often now though, sometimes, it's not always possible to be able to log on to Persona Paper every single day."

*Notes:
- Image is by cote (CC:BY) from flickr
- This was previously published elsewhere

Losing Money In Persona Paper

It's been a while, I know. I've been busy with a whole lot of stuff so I only just got around to logging on to Persona Paper now.

I was definitely pleasantly surprised to see that I apparently have 991 coins now. Wow! And, apparently, that's equivalent to $0.99.

My cash out progress is 19%. I wonder if I'll get $1 with this post? How many coins would you need for that?

Anyway, I took a look at my notifications page, but there wasn't much on it at all. All I could see were recent submissions.

So I don't know if anyone commented on any of my articles or if anyone replied to any of the comments I made on other people's articles. Guess I will just have to take a look at those articles and see what I can find.

Oh, I also noticed that there's a preview button in the text post editor. I just checked it out. It looks pretty cool.

And I saw that there's something new on the Persona Paper homepage. There's a list of "top referring users." Interesting.

Are there more Persona Paper changes that I might have missed? I'll try to be more active here. It is rather nice to see 991 coins and almost but not quite $1 in my bank :-).

Update: Unfortunately, Persona Paper has stopped paying, so I never got paid. All the coins I'd ever managed to accumulate, gone, practically in the blink of an eye. Well, it was still there, but it didn't mean anything anymore. I was never going to get the monetary equivalent of those coins :-(.

*Notes:
- Image is by kaboompics (Public Domain) from Pixabay
- This was previously published elsewhere

How Many Drafts Can You Store On Persona Paper?

I always knew we could have drafts on Persona Paper, but I never really used this feature until now.

Now, I've just started to use this cool feature and I appreciate that we can store drafts of our posts on the site before posting them when they're ready to be posted (you know, like after editing them and stuff).

Anyway, currently, I have about 11 drafts on Persona Paper (not counting this one since I'll be posting it right after I write it; need to ask a question :-)). And I foresee that I will have many more. I think I'm gonna need to add more article drafts here.

This brings me to the post title question - is there a limit to the number of drafts that we can store on Persona Paper?

Or can we have as many drafts as we want to? Anyone tried storing like a whole lot of drafts here?

Here are some of the comments from this article, back when it used to be posted elsewhere:

LadyDuck wrote on January 4, 2015, 2:32 AM:
"I suggest you to ask directly to elitecodex or MaeLou they surely know. The is the "Contact" link at the top of every page. They reply to the questions, very different from the site we know."

Freya Yuki replied to LadyDuck on January 5, 2015, 2:52 PM:
"Thanks. They already answered in the comment below. It is great how they respond to the questions people ask and how the communication here is really good unlike in that other site where you have to wait forever for a response to your query (that is, if they'd even bother to reply)."

RegieEstioco wrote on January 4, 2015, 4:55 AM:
"I don't have an idea if how many draft we can store. The draft, however, is useful when we cannot finish writing our article in one sitting.

"We can save it in the draft and then continue later. Personally, I don't use the draft feature because I am encoding first my article in MS Word."

Freya Yuki replied to RegieEstioco on January 5, 2015, 3:04 PM:
"Yes, I'm finding the drafts feature useful too. I usually write my posts elsewhere so I always have a backup copy.

"I'm moving some articles here though so I'm using the drafts feature to store them first until I'm ready to post them. I already have backup copies of these posts."

MaeLou wrote on January 4, 2015, 10:44 AM:
"Great question! You are able to put an unlimited amount of posts in your drafts. We will add this to the FAQ."

Freya Yuki replied to MaeLou on January 6, 2015, 12:19 PM:
"Thanks for the answer. It's good to know that we can have as many drafts as we want here."

*Notes:
- Image is by FirmBee (Public Domain) from Pixabay
- This was previously published elsewhere

What I Wish I Knew Before Joining Niume?

There's one thing that I regret not doing before I joined Niume. I wish I'd known about this before joining the site. Before I explain in detail, first, let's talk about:

What is Niume?

Niume is a writing site. It's also referred to as a collaborative blogging platform. You can create an account on Niume (it's free to sign up) and then write about pretty much anything you want (with a few limitations).

You can also use the site to read other people's articles. You can comment, hype (that's what they call liking posts there) and even bookmark these articles. You can also get the chance to be part of a community.

You can interact and talk to people from all over the world. Niume even has a chat or messaging feature, which you can use to have private conversations with fellow Niume users/members.

Aside from all that, the site also gives you an opportunity to earn a little money. All-in-all, it's a pretty fun and nice site.

What's the problem then?

Well, quite a few things, actually, but let's not get into that now. The focus of this post is about something I regret not knowing about and thus not being able to do before joining Niume.

Niume affiliate program

The short answer is that Niume has an affiliate program. Basically, if you get someone to sign up to the site using your affiliate link, then you'll earn a bit of money.

What makes Niume's affiliate program different?

The answer to that is this (from the profile info page on my Niume account):

"With Niume's referral programme you will receive $1 for every user you bring to the platform who creates at least one post. Any user you bring will also receive $1 straight after creating their first post."

Niume's affiliate program benefits both parties- the current Niume member and the person who joins the site thanks to said current member. In short, it's a win-win.

I really wish I'd known about this before creating an account on Niume. It would have been really nice to get $1 right after posting my first article on the site.

$1 may not be much at all (it really isn't), but, when you compare it to the cents you'll get from posting your first article, it's definitely a welcome addition to your Niume earnings especially since it brings you closer to reaching the minimum payout (well, obviously not that close since the minimum payout is $10).

I'd say most people could definitely use that $1. Why? Because it's really not that easy to increase your earnings on Niume unless you happen to get lucky and your posts get super popular.

The thing is- there are already a lot of people on Niume. That means thousands of articles have already been posted there.

Plus, it's not that easy to search for posts on there (more on that in another article). That all boils down to the fact that it's kind of easy to get lost there especially if you're new.

There's also the fact that you'd need a lot of posts to see a significant increase in earnings on Niume (again, if you manage to get lucky, then the number of posts you have doesn't matter as much, but, well, unfortunately, we can't all be lucky, can we?).

Being new, that's not exactly easy. It doesn't help that something weird is going on in that site and it's kind of hard to publish stuff there.

How earning on Niume works?

Another thing to consider is how you earn money on Niume. According to the site (emphasis mine):

"On Niume you generate revenue based on the amount of views on your posts... Niume currently pays a $1 RPM for the views on your posts... RPM is an acronym which stands for Revenues Per Mille, and corresponds to the amount paid for every thousand views on a page. In other words, every time your post makes 1,000 views you will make $1."

You need at least $10 before you can cash out on Niume. To get $1, you need 1,000 views. So, you'll need a total of 10,000 views if you ever want to reach payout on this site.

If you're lucky, you're probably well on your way to getting 10k views on your posts. If not, well, who knows when you'll even get to $1, right? I mean, I'm new to the site and only have a few posts up and I've yet to get $1 (at the time of writing this).

Honestly, it can be quite discouraging, even more so when I saw that I could have gotten $1 if only I'd joined using an affiliate link. Sigh.

So, my advice is if you're interested in joining Niume, be sure to do so using an affiliate link. For example, here's mine. Of course, it doesn't have to be mine. Just go with whichever link you want to use.

*Notes:
- Image is by FirmBee (Public Domain) from Pixabay

How To Unsubscribe From Niume Email Notifications?

Niume is a writing site (they call it a collaborative blogging platform or something like that) where you can earn a bit of money by posting pretty much anything (there are a few rules to keep in mind, of course) you want on said site.

It's a pretty fun site and you can spend quite a bit of time exploring it especially when you've just joined. You can check out interesting articles and even leave comments and/or hype (that's what they call liking posts on there) if you want to.

That's basically what I did, not realizing that, after commenting on a Niume post, the site automatically subscribed me to said post, ensuring I receive every (and I do mean every) notification every time anyone commented on said post.

Niume also subscribed me to every email notification they send their users without telling me about it. Like I said, I took my time exploring the site, but there wasn't anything there regarding email notifications.

So, imagine my surprise when I logged on to my email account and was greeted with this:

That's not even the half of it. Because Niume didn't just send me an email every time someone commented on a post I'd commented on, it also sent me messages about things like the Niumer of the week, video tutorials, newsletters, and more.

In no time at all (especially since I ended up logging on to Niume daily and reading and commenting on posts there), my email's inbox got filled with hundreds of notifications that were all from Niume.

None of the messages were welcome in the least and I ended up deleting them all without opening them. Well, except the ones that said something about my posts gathering hype and/or views.

Apart from those, the rest of the emails weren't appreciated because the Niume site itself already provides notifications.

Whenever I log on to my Niume account, I can see right away if I've got any notifications. I can check them out from there. There was no need to send me emails about something I already knew about.

The amount of emails I'd get from Niume quickly got frustrating. It was cluttering up my inbox and wasting my time since I had to select all those emails and send them straight to the trash bin.

I checked the Niume site again, hoping to find a way to unsubscribe from these emails. But I found nothing at all.

Taking a closer look at one of the emails the site sent me, I found the following words at the bottom: "This email was sent to (your email address). Click here to unsubscribe from this mailing."

You can click the word "here," and, presumably, you'll then be able to unsubscribe from the email notifications.

Initially, I'd been reluctant to click that link. Why? It's because I thought it would unsubscribe me from all the Niume emails.

Yes, most of them are basically useless, but I'd like to receive emails regarding my posts as well as important news about the site (updates to their terms and policies and other things like that).

I mean, on sites like Tumblr and Twitter, I can tweak my account settings and choose what kind of emails they should send me. I didn't have to click anything on the messages they sent.

I can change my email notification settings right from my account page while I'm logged on to said site/s.

So, I refrained from clicking the unsubscribe link until, finally, I just couldn't take it anymore. My inbox was really getting clogged as I got bombarded with what seemed to be like a million email notices all in a row.

So, I finally clicked on the unsubscribe link. Doing so brought me to this page:

I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered that I could choose what kind of emails to receive from Niume.

But, as I had suspected, Niume had automatically subscribed me to all their emails. All the options on the email notifications list page had been checked.

So, I spent some time reading through the list and unchecking most of the options before saving my preferences.

Now, I've finally stopped being bombarded with numerous emails from Niume. My inbox can finally breathe again.

Some things to note about Niume's email notifications list page:

The white text over a brown background wasn't the least bit appealing to me. On the contrary, I found it a little bit too dark and kind of hard to read. Basically, I prefer the usual black text over a white background; it's just easier to read.

I'm a little sad that the post comments on your article and those on other people's articles have been lumped together.

So if I want to receive an email every time someone comments on my own post, I'll also have to agree to receive an email every time someone comments on any of the articles I've commented on.

Yeah, so not happening since it was mostly those kinds of emails that ended up clogging up my inbox. Needless to say, I've unchecked that option.

Well, at least it's not that much of a loss. After all, every time you log on to Niume, you can just check your notifications and your profile page to see if there are any new comments on your own posts.

Another thing I want to point out is how I found it strange that Niume didn't include this email notifications list page right on their site.

As mentioned, most sites let you tweak your email settings right on your account page. It's different with Niume though and I can't say it's in a good way.

It's just kind of weird, isn't it? Anyway, I'm just glad I finally got unsubscribed to all these emails. So, what about you? What do you think about all this?

*Notes:
- First image is a screenshot from my email account
- The rest of the images are screenshots from my Niume account