Why Is The Hamburger Icon A Part Of The Persona Paper Logo?

When you go to Persona Paper, you'll see the site title in large font with the "persona" colored green and the "paper" colored black. In-between these 2 words, you'll see these 3 horizontal lines - the hamburger icon.

It's not that I never noticed this icon before because I have. And I'm sure lots of people have as well. It's also the menu icon. On some sites, you can see this button or icon, and, if you click on it, either a sidebar or menu will pop out / show up.

By now, you're probably wondering what the point of this post is about, right? What, you're not? Okay, so it's fine if I say the point is nothing then? LOL :-). Just kidding. There is a point, really.

I've been noticing the hamburger icon a lot 'cause I'm trying to add this (to clarify: trying to code something with this icon, not just add it 'cause, yup, it's easy to add this icon :-)) to the theme that I'm working on. Usually, in some sites, blogs, and/or themes, you'll only see the hamburger icon when you're on smaller / mobile screens / devices.

If your menu (site links, pages, etc) is on a navbar (fixed or otherwise), on smaller screens, instead of displaying all the links on the bar, it'll be collected and hidden inside the hamburger icon. Click the icon and the menu links will drop-down.

Cool? Sure. But, sometimes, some might want this icon visible all the time - you know, like if you have an offcanvas / togglable sidebar or something. Anyway, the point is that I just found myself wondering why Persona Paper uses the hamburger icon as part of the site title. Just curious about that since, as mentioned, this is usually used for menus. What do you think? Any ideas?

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

agvulpes wrote on June 27, 2015, 9:27 AM:
I had not noticed it before and if you click on the whole Link it takes you to the Home Page (as normal sites do) I am using Firefox which has a 'Hamburger Icon on the right hand site which brings out a Drop Down Menu for customizing Firefox!
You raise an interesting question?

AliCanary wrote on June 29, 2015, 9:27 AM:
Even though it has three bars rather than two, I always kind of viewed it as an equals sign, as in persona = paper (translation: If you write, your personality can earn you money [paper]), and also simply as a decorative element, which is what they probably intended.

cheri wrote on June 30, 2015, 5:21 AM:
Oh shame on me. I have not noticed that icon you were talking about. Need to check on that

Ruby3881 wrote on June 30, 2015, 1:39 PM:
I would imagine it had something to do with writing lines of text...

AdGoggleKo wrote on July 10, 2015, 3:17 AM:
Oh I was also thinking what those 3 lines mean or why they chose it but didn't think of hamburger haha! Talking about hamburger reminds me one site I joined before, they have a banner hamburger stuffed with dollars, cheese and veggies instead of meat, etc. :)

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

Can You Submit An Article On Persona Paper Before The 10-Minute Time Frame Ends?

The Persona Paper Rules page says that 'you must wait at least 10 minutes between each post'. I’ve absolutely no problem with that at all. I mean, it’s just 10 minutes and what does it matter, right?

Okay, yeah, that’s not the point of this article though. I was just wondering if we actually get some sort of notice or something in case we accidentally end up submitting another post before 10 minutes have passed since we submitted our last article?

For example, if we try to submit an article, but the time limit hasn’t been met yet, will the article we’re trying to submit get posted on the site or is some sort of message or notification going to appear that will prevent us from submitting the article?

I’d prefer it if it was the latter. I'm just concerned that I might end up accidentally submitting another article even though the 10-minute time frame between article submissions hasn’t passed yet.

I do look at my profile page where the time when I last submitted an article is listed, but what if you forget to do that, right, and make a mistake without meaning to? What do you think?

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

MaeLou wrote on July 28, 2014, 12:08 PM:
It should automatically go into your drafts if the 10 minute time frame isn't up.

FreyaYuki replied to MaeLou on July 29, 2014, 8:06 AM:
That's very good to know :). Thanks for clarifying that. Now there's no need to be worried about accidentally breaking that 10-minute rule.

LoudMan wrote on July 28, 2014, 1:00 PM:
You're really becoming quite the producer. I think I like you. :)

FreyaYuki replied to LoudMan on July 29, 2014, 8:10 AM:
:) Thanks. It's pretty easy to post articles here and, so far, it's really quite enjoyable. Also, there's a lot more to learn about the site so I just ask when I get some questions like this one.

sconstantino wrote on July 28, 2014, 2:28 PM:
I can't ever get away from reading posts to figure it out. It's good to know what happens, though, should I try to post sooner than allowed :)

FreyaYuki replied to sconstantino on July 29, 2014, 8:29 AM:
Yeah, it is good to know what will happen in case we ever accidentally try to submit an article before the 10-minute time frame is up. I wouldn't want to accidentally make a mistake so it's good that this won't ever happen since the article will apparently just go in our drafts.

paigea wrote on July 28, 2014, 2:54 PM:
I barely post every day. I am never going to have to wonder about this particular rule. LOL

FreyaYuki replied to paigea on July 29, 2014, 8:31 AM:
Usually, I just post once a day, but, sometimes, I end up posting at least 2 articles or maybe even 3, so I was wondering what will happen if we ever accidentally try to submit an article before the 10-minute time frame is up.

midastouch wrote on July 28, 2014, 3:07 PM:
if unsure
try!!!!!

FreyaYuki replied to midastouch on July 29, 2014, 8:32 AM:
But it's against the rules to try to submit an article before the 10-minute time frame ends. That's why I asked about this because I wouldn't want to end up submitting an article before the time is up.

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

What To Like About The Persona Paper Captcha?

Did I mention that I like the Persona Paper captcha? No? Well, let me say it now then - I really like the Persona Paper captcha. I mean, I wouldn't want to bother with captchas at all.

But, if I really have to deal with typing captchas, then I'd choose the Persona Paper captcha. Why? It's because this captcha is so easy to understand and decipher that I have absolutely no problems typing the word/s.

With this kind of captcha, I never have to worry about getting an incorrect captcha message because the word isn't incomprehensible and downright impossible to understand and decipher. It's shown so clearly and the letters aren't too close to each other so you can really see what the word you have to type is.

I'm really glad about this because some sites have really difficult to understand and read captchas so this is a welcome relief to all the frustration, annoyance and inconvenience caused by captchas that you can hardly read, much less understand.

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

Kasman wrote on October 2, 2014, 10:13 AM:
"What I like most about the Persona Paper captcha is the fact that it helps to keep out all those spambots which infest certain other sites some of us write on."

FreyaYuki replied to Kasman on October 16, 2014, 4:33 AM:
"I agree. There are some sites where there are a lot of spam comments but, so far, I don't think I've seen any here on Persona Paper, which is great. I also really like how the captcha here is so easy to understand."

Feisty56 wrote on October 2, 2014, 12:37 PM:
"You know, the captcha here is such a breeze that at first I couldn't remember that PP has them!"

FreyaYuki replied to Feisty56 on October 16, 2014, 4:37 AM:
"I know, right? :-) I love the captcha here on Persona Paper. It's so easy to understand that it doesn't take me much time at all. If the captcha is this easy to decipher, then I don't mind having to take a few seconds to type it; in this case, it wouldn't be such a hassle at all."

BarbRad wrote on October 2, 2014, 1:57 PM:
"The best is that so far, we only need them with posting, not commenting. I hope that policy will hold. It makes interacting here so much easier. Stick around more. This site will become as addicting as the other one."

FreyaYuki replied to BarbRad on October 16, 2014, 4:42 AM:
"I like that too and wish that it would stay that way. But, even if we have to type a captcha every time we comment, I wouldn't mind so much as long as the captcha continues to be easy to decipher and understand. If it will only take us a few seconds to type the captcha, then it can be tolerated and it wouldn't be so bad."

bestwriter wrote on October 4, 2014, 5:12 AM:
"Big foot county is my favourite. Sometimes I get it while watching a movie (just between you and me I actually do not watch it :-))"

FreyaYuki replied to bestwriter on October 16, 2014, 4:52 AM
":-) . I don't like either the video or audio captcha so I always just stick with the text even if they can be hard to understand and decipher. Thankfully, the text captcha on Persona Paper is so easy to understand and type that there's no problem at all."

bestwriter wrote on February 5, 2015, 1:48 AM:
"Very rarely does it coincide with what I have posted and at that time I do feel happy. But Captcha per se is not my cup of tea. I hope they did away with it but I know they cannot."

FreyaYuki replied to bestwriter on February 7, 2015, 8:34 AM:
"I don't like captcha either but can tolerate it if it's easy to decipher. If you save your posts on Persona Paper as a draft before publishing it, you can bypass the captcha so you can publish it right away without seeing the captcha."

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

What's Wrong With The Persona Paper Polls Feature?

I just tried to make a Persona Paper poll. This is the first time I've tried this feature, but I think it's cool that we can make polls on this site.

However, I experienced some problems with this tool. If you've made polls on Persona Paper, how were you able to address these issues? Or what did you do to avoid these problems?

Cannot add spaces to paragraphs on the Additional Commentary textbox

I added a lot of text on the "Additional Commentary" textbox (this is located below the title on the Persona Paper poll creation page) to explain my poll and give more details and information.

I added some paragraphs and spaces to break up the text so it won't look like one huge block of text. I even had some bullet points using the dash (-) symbol. It looked perfectly fine on the textbox and I thought that all was well.

However, when I submitted my poll, I saw that all the stuff I wrote on the "Additional Commentary" textbox got combined together so it looked like one huge block of text that wasn't all that easy to read. The bullet points I added got messed up too :-(.

Cannot edit Persona Paper polls

Because of what happened above, I thought about editing the poll to try to fix the text and maybe just remove the dashes for the bullet points. It was then that I found out that the edit button isn't available. The only thing you can do is delete the article and start over.

I know, I read the text below the poll creation tool about how we can't edit the polls, but I thought that only referred to the poll choices and not the additional text. So now it looks like I'm stuck with a poll that has a long and kind of messy intro text. :-(

Poll choices don't accept symbols like ' and ()

My poll choices included words like "I'm", "can't", etc. I also added some sad and happy faces - :-) and :-(. It looked perfectly fine when I was creating the poll, but, when I submitted the poll, I saw that the parenthesis () had been removed and only the : remained so it didn't look all that nice.

The ' symbol was removed too so I ended up with words like "Im" and "cant". It looked kind of bad. Oh, who am I kidding? It did look bad :-(. I really wish I could change it, but I don't know how to fix this mess.

Does anyone know how? And, if I deleted the poll and started all over again, I would have to wait 10 minutes before being able to submit it again. Even if I did that, how would I add paragraphs and spaces to the "additional commentary" textbox?

And how can I make sure that symbols like ' and () won't disappear when I add them to the poll choices? I don't understand why we can't use those symbols or why we can't add paragraphs to the intro text. What's wrong with doing those things?

Have you found a solution to these issues in using Persona Paper polls? Do you have any idea how to fix this problem? Any help is greatly appreciated.

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

LoudMan wrote on October 16, 2014, 5:40 AM:
"Once-in-awhile, the votes still just don't seem to register. I don't remember which ones.

"(Hey, long time no read from.)"

FreyaYuki replied to LoudMan on October 30, 2014, 4:50 AM:
"Hi :). Yeah, it's been a while. I've been busy so haven't been able to visit Persona Paper all the time. I didn't know there were also problems when it comes to voting on polls. Maybe I'll just avoid making any more polls for now until all these issues have been addressed."

Feisty56 wrote on October 16, 2014, 11:09 AM:
"Did you write your text elsewhere, then copy and paste to the "Additional Commentary" textbox? That's the only way I can see that trying to add in spaces for paragraphs and the like may have been an issue. I've always written in that textbox, using usual spacing as when writing posts and haven't incurred any issues myself. Best of luck to you in getting this corrected."

FreyaYuki replied to Feisty56 on October 30, 2014, 4:54 AM:
"No. I wrote my post directly on the textbox. I fixed it up there, adding all the spaces, etc and it looked perfectly fine on the textbox but, when I submitted the article, everything got all messed up. Even the poll choices got messed up. Don't know how to fix it. But I do hope this issue with the polls gets corrected. Thanks."

MaeLou wrote on October 16, 2014, 11:21 AM:
"We are aware of these issues with the polls and they will be fixed when the new layout is rolled out."

Kasman replied to MaeLou on October 16, 2014, 2:47 PM:
"You're planning a new layout for the site? When?"

FreyaYuki replied to MaeLou on October 30, 2014, 5:03 AM:
"Okay. Thanks :). I look forward to seeing the new layout and having these polls fixed."

MaeLou replied to Kasman on October 16, 2014, 5:36 PM:
"It's not really a new "layout" really. The only new layout will be the blogging section. I wrote about it awhile back. We were hoping to get it up by mid October but things have been happening on the home front and have been pushed back a little (which we will post about soon)."

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

Can You Get Passive Or Residual Income On Persona Paper?

Hey y'all. How is everyone? After what feels like forever, I'm finally back to Persona Paper. In my last post, I mentioned having problems with my internet connection (ISP). I'll spare you the details, but it's all finally been fixed :-).

Passive income on Persona Paper

I thought for sure that my bank balance here would have either decreased or something (wasn't there some rule about that or something?). But I was super surprised to see that that's not the case at all. I just checked my bank page here on Persona Paper and I'm happy to see that I have earned a few more coins since the last time I was here.

Update: Unfortunately, it doesn't matter anymore how many coins you have. You could have thousands and it wouldn't mean a single thing because it's worthless now.

It wasn't like a whole lot or something (and I'm still forever away from the minimum payment threshold), but it's still really nice that something like that happened especially considering that I haven't been around lately.

Update: Unfortunately, I never even got to reach the minimum payment threshold before Persona Paper stopped paying its writers.

Changes on Persona Paper

So, did I miss anything? Are there any new changes or new rules or stuff here on Persona Paper? How's the traffic and activity to the site? Is everything going well? I just checked Bubblews too and there isn't really anything new there either.

There were no new posts from the CEO, but there was this one post from one of the staff there saying that there would be new changes and stuff to the site. But, then again, haven't they been saying that months ago?

Persona Paper notifications

Since I've been gone for so long, I missed all of my Persona Paper notifications, which is kind of really sad :-(. So, I'll never see those notices ever again. I kinda wish it wasn't like that or that my internet connection didn't have to be such a- but, eh, what can you do, right? Hopefully, I won't have to miss anymore notifications here.

Update: Unfortunately, Persona Paper is no longer a paying writing site. So, sadly, a lot of people there never even reached the minimum payment threshold and so never got to cash out :-(.

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

CalmGemini wrote on June 3, 2015, 5:29 AM:
"Welcome back FreyaYuki. I do not think there are any major changes.You just browse around and see how it is now. Looking forward to your posts."

FreyaYuki replied to CalmGemini on June 4, 2015, 4:33 AM:
"Thanks. Yeah, I've been looking around and reading the interesting articles that I've seen. It's just too bad that we can't really see the older articles anymore since the categories pages only lists one page of articles."

CalmGemini replied to FreyaYuki on June 4, 2015, 7:17 AM:
"I think that you could go to the profile page of some of the members and there you can read older articles. It takes time though."

Dawnwriter wrote on June 3, 2015, 6:14 AM:
"I don't think there have been any major changes here, though activity seems to be low. Welcome back and I hope ISP issues are resolved for good."

FreyaYuki replied to Dawnwriter on June 4, 2015, 4:49 AM:
"Thanks. Yeah, I noticed the low activity too. And I've read/seen some posts here that mentioned this. I think some said that a few have left already or something? So far, my internet connection seems to be just fine. Thanks."

LadyLeaf wrote on June 3, 2015, 7:45 AM:
"Welcome back! Glad to hear you ended up getting some residual income! People have been saying activity on the site has been lower than usual, but I'm hoping it's just temporary."

FreyaYuki replied to LadyLeaf on June 4, 2015, 5:00 AM:
"Thanks. I was surprised about the residual income too. Yeah, I've noticed the low activity on the site and I've even seen some posts here that talked about it. I hope it's just temporary as well."

MegL wrote on June 3, 2015, 7:56 AM:
"Well, none of the articles will have been lost, so you could check out members and read down their lists of articles and comment. You could also check your own articles to see if there are any comments on them. You could also check the front page of PP for the latest articles to find new people to follow. :-)"

FreyaYuki replied to MegL on June 4, 2015, 5:06 AM:
"Yeah, I've been doing that. It's hard to look through the older posts though. The categories pages only lists one page of posts. While the profile pages actually have pagination, it's not really easy to use the "next" and "previous" buttons."

MegL replied to FreyaYuki on June 4, 2015, 5:24 AM:
"That is very true. It's hard even just going through your own profile, never mind anyone else's!"

Bensen32 wrote on June 3, 2015, 11:28 AM:
"Welcome back, I guessing you didn't miss to many changes at least not that I can remember anything major changing. The traffic hasn't really increased much I thing it's just a matter of staying active. You mentioned the other place and nope not a thing has changed there, still not making anything there and really not worth my time there, so I don't spend anytime there anymore."

BarbRad wrote on June 4, 2015, 2:07 AM:
"Good to have you back. I think a few of our regular posters have gone inactive, and I've been pretty busy outside the site and haven't posted much. I come here to relax, but I'm more likely to be commenting than posting most of the time now."

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