Money Problems With Bubblews And Persona Paper

Haven't been to Bubblews in a while? Yeah, me too. I just logged in earlier (like right before logging on to Persona Paper. LOL) to see if there was anything new and how things were over there.

Well, it looks like nothing much has changed. There are still people there, but the traffic still seems to be quite low at the moment. The number of likes and comments of posts that are displayed on the homepage seems like such a small number when you compare it to what it was like before.

The bank page is still barely moving as usual. It's really kind of depressing actually. Looking at my bank page there, I see that I actually currently have $44.88. So near yet so far to the $50 minimum payment threshold.

Edited to add: Bubblews is gone. I never got the $44+ that was in my bank page.

I tried to post an article though I don't know if that will make a difference. How 'bout you? How's your bank page there? At least the bank page here on Persona Paper is actually moving even if it does so at a slow rate.

Edited to add: While Persona Paper is still around, it has stopped paying. I never even got to cash out from this writing site.

I see that the Bubblews admin had published a lot of posts since I last checked. The latest one talked about the upcoming changes to Bubblews. The post in question just said that they will be launching the new Bubblews soon, but there was no set date. There was also no further info on what the changes are. Any ideas? I wonder what these changes are.

There was a lot of excerpts from this eBook that the site admin is apparently going to publish for free. Don't know much about it though. I also noticed that it seems like the number of likes and comments on the admin articles are dwindling. What are your thoughts on this?

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

Alexandoy wrote on March 23, 2015, 6:52 AM:
I still have $59 in my bank there but I won't bother to collect.

FreyaYuki replied to Alexandoy on March 24, 2015, 11:30 AM:
Why not? So, you'll just let them have it?

arthurchappell wrote on March 23, 2015, 7:09 AM:
My account there is about $22.00 at present - even without posting there since January it should go up more - may well post an article there soon to see how it fares - Arvind ought to sort Bubblews out before plugging his e-book which I don't care about - Alexandoy you are entitled to that money you have earned there and it is over $50.00 - I'd claim it right away as if the site folds you'll lose it all.

FreyaYuki replied to arthurchappell on March 24, 2015, 11:35 AM:
Agree with both of your points. If my bank there had over $50, I'd readily redeem it too. And, yeah, wasn't really interested in the e-book too. They're promising new changes to the site, but I don't know when they'll implement those new changes.

Nar2Reviews wrote on March 23, 2015, 7:14 AM:
I don't know what is happening at Bubblews. BBB have since replied with regards to the ongoing case I've opened up with Bubblews on reflection of not being able to gain access to my account. According to Bubblews, I was not banned and I was not taken off their system. I can't wait for the next email to arrive from BBB as I already have screen shots that prove the system has no record of my email address or login detail. It will be interesting to then see what Bubblews do in terms of a reaction.

FreyaYuki replied to Nar2Reviews on March 24, 2015, 11:42 AM:
It's great that you got an initial response from the BBB. Hope you get the next message from them soon. It's good that you have screenshots to prove your case. Keep us posted. It is interesting to see what Bubblews will do about this.

MelissaE wrote on March 23, 2015, 7:15 AM:
I haven't been over there in about a month. I guess I need to check it out.

FreyaYuki replied to MelissaE on March 24, 2015, 11:43 AM:
Haven't been by there in a while either. It was only just now that I had the time to log in there and post a short article.

CalmGemini wrote on March 23, 2015, 7:31 AM:
Last year I had joined that site, and till date have written three or four posts in total.So I do not have much to say. I think Alexandoy should claim his money in the bank.

FreyaYuki replied to CalmGemini on March 24, 2015, 12:01 PM:
I still have quite a number of posts there though have already removed some.

CalmGemini replied to FreyaYuki on March 24, 2015, 1:42 PM:
Do you write there under the same name?

FreyaYuki replied to CalmGemini on March 25, 2015, 8:39 AM:
Yup. My account's still there. Just posted an article a few days ago.

crowntower wrote on March 23, 2015, 7:40 AM:
Hahahahaha never got $5 dollars, is not working because views are not counted anymore, and people don't get back the likes they were receiving... only a few who have appreciated works of others, and a lot of them don't really look back on the likes you give them and comments you give them.... that is why.

FreyaYuki replied to crowntower on March 24, 2015, 12:05 PM:
Looks like a lot of people have left the site as well. Traffic there seems very low at the moment. Even the posts by the admin only have a few hundred likes and comments when compared to their old posts where they got way more than that.

agvulpes wrote on March 23, 2015, 7:42 AM:
I'm pretty much in the same boat as you. The keep promising all these updates, but if they are not careful, there will not be any members left to 'enjoy' the updates!

FreyaYuki replied to agvulpes on March 24, 2015, 12:12 PM:
LOL 😃. It does seem the members there are steadily decreasing along with the traffic. Even the posts by the admins only have a few hundred likes and comments when their older posts had way more than that.

peachpurple wrote on March 23, 2015, 8:07 AM:
my bank balance is $0.001, so not thinking about it.

FreyaYuki replied to peachpurple on March 24, 2015, 12:27 PM:
Since mine is at around $44+, didn't want to just let it go. Hope they can at least lower the payment threshold.

scheng1 wrote on March 23, 2015, 8:53 AM:
They are always talking about upcoming changes, but the only thing we want is good income.

FreyaYuki replied to scheng1 on March 24, 2015, 12:42 PM:
Yeah, I think they've been promising the new changes since the start of the new year, but it looks like they have yet to implement anything new. It would be nice if traffic and earnings could increase there or if they'll at least lower the payment threshold.

wolfgirl569 wrote on March 23, 2015, 10:02 AM:
I think it will soon be gone. All they are worried about is themselves over there.

FreyaYuki replied to wolfgirl569 on March 25, 2015, 8:55 AM:
Seems like there are fewer people there. Traffic and earnings are still at an all-time low.

LeaPea2417 wrote on March 23, 2015, 11:38 AM:
I think how Arvind keeps saying "changes are coming soon" is a big hoax. He has got to realize that hardly anybody trusts him anymore. It will fold as a site in the not too distant future.

FreyaYuki replied to LeaPea2417 on March 25, 2015, 9:00 AM:
Yeah, I noticed they've been saying that about changes since the new year, I think? Now, the latest post says that the changes are about to be implemented but there's still no set date and time for it.

SoundNFury wrote on March 23, 2015, 1:59 PM:
I haven't been over there in a few days, but I have also noticed that the likes and comments are still down. Seems fairly dead over there. My bank has literally not moved one cent in months! lol. Seems like a lot of the same old, same old - promises and more promises, but nothing has changed.

FreyaYuki replied to SoundNFury on March 25, 2015, 9:02 AM:
Noticed all that too. And, yeah, they've been talking about the changes months ago but it has yet to be implemented.

grandma20121 wrote on March 23, 2015, 2:40 PM:
Hmm I guess its just too soon to say yet we shall have to wait it out and see what and when the changes are and when they take place because we really have no idea.

FreyaYuki replied to grandma20121 on March 25, 2015, 9:11 AM:
Yeah, I'm wondering about the new changes too and when the changes will be implemented.

AliCanary wrote on March 23, 2015, 2:45 PM:
I read an article posted there by a friend of mine who sounded pretty excited to be making a DOLLAR a WEEK. This was with posting 2 or 3 articles a day and interacting as usual, so that may give you some perspective on what is likely to be required to get your bank up to $50.

Think about it--the best you can do now on Bubblews with regular posting is a dollar a week. You can cash out once a year.

FreyaYuki replied to AliCanary on March 25, 2015, 9:17 AM:
A dollar a week? 😟 Not something to be excited about at all especially not if you're trying to post there on a daily basis and if you're still interacting as usual. I don't log on there all the time anymore, but, every time I remember to do so and I see my bank page, I feel the need to post something since it's so near to $50 already. I wish they'd just lower the payment threshold for everyone.

Porcospino wrote on March 23, 2015, 5:12 PM:
Some of my old friends from Bubblews still post new articles, but I don't do that. I have $2 is my bank. It would take me ages to earn $48 and I don't trust the site anymore so I don't care about the two dollars.

FreyaYuki replied to Porcospino on March 25, 2015, 9:27 AM:
I see that there are still some people there but traffic and earnings are still way down.

BarbRad wrote on March 23, 2015, 5:24 PM:
I hope their eBook doesn't have any of our posts in it. Wouldn't that be a bummer?

FreyaYuki replied to BarbRad on March 25, 2015, 9:35 AM:
That'd be bad. I saw some posts that contain excerpts from this eBook and no one has complained of plagiarism so far, so all seems well.

AliCanary replied to BarbRad on March 25, 2015, 1:19 PM:
That is a horrifying thought, but you know their terms of service specifically state that they can use anything we post in whatever way they want, so they could do so with impugnity.

cinnafire wrote on March 23, 2015, 5:52 PM:
My thought is that a handful of sites will stick around, but many will pop up and go away. People will jump ship quickly to see where the most money can be found. A few will have a loyal following. Bubblews may make it. Traffic doesn't appear to be dropping a whole lot. Alexa ranking is still very high compared to others.

FreyaYuki replied to cinnafire on March 25, 2015, 9:38 AM:
Yeah, a lot of writing sites are closing down, having problems, lowering their pay rate, etc.

beachchair wrote on March 25, 2015, 6:05 PM:
I bailed on that site a while ago. It is not the same as it was. Good luck to you as you navigate it. I hope you get what you deserve. You worked for you and deserve it.

FreyaYuki replied to beachchair on March 26, 2015, 7:46 AM:
I still post there sometimes since I currently have around $44 in the bank page there. I wish they'd just lower the payment threshold already. A lot of other people also want the threshold to be lowered.

AdGoggleKo wrote on July 10, 2015, 2:10 AM:
Latest news -- they deleted my account just recently. I don't what SPAMMING they were saying hehe

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

3 Sites With Likable Terms And Policies

Hey, guess what, Tumblr’s terms of service and privacy policy aren’t the only ones that I like. I've been writing a lot about Tumblr’s terms of use and policies, so, maybe, it seems like these are the only ones that I like.

But that’s totally not true at all 😃. It’s just that these are the ones I've recently read and liked. But the truth is that there are other terms and policies that I’ve read and liked. For example, I do like Persona Paper’s terms and policies (and I'm seriously not just saying that ‘cause I write here), and I intend to elaborate on that later on.

It’s on my list of stuff to write about, which seems to be growing more and more by the minute. Okay, that was a bit too much of an exaggeration, but there's definitely a lot that I want to write about and the list is definitely very long. In fact, I can’t wait to write them all, but just can’t seem to find the time to do so.

Aside from Persona Paper’s terms and policies, another one that I like is that of PicMonkey’s. PicMonkey is a free online photo editor that I don’t use. Actually, when I was reading through Tumblr’s terms and policies, I was reminded of PicMonkey’s terms and policies.

But it’s not because the two are all that similar or anything. It’s just because PicMonkey also has terms and policies that I actually like. It's quite short and pretty fun to read. What do you think about the terms and policies of these websites?

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

SandraLynn wrote on August 12, 2014, 4:00 PM:
LOVE PICMONKEY. I'm a royale member AND an affiliate. It's a great deal - free or paid OR the affiliate... I was JUST freakin' there making a thing for my website. Funny that I happened over here right after :) I used PicMonkey for years and then said what the heck, I want more. And then, with my site, decided to earn some money, as well. It's been good so far! I like helping folks, they like helping folks. Win win :) YAY :)

Oh, and I don't know anything about tumblr, but I love it HERE, too :)

FreyaYuki replied to SandraLynn on August 16, 2014, 5:05 PM:
It's good that PicMonkey is working well for you as a photo editor. I didn't know that they have an affiliate program. I'm just getting started on Tumblr so don't know much about it yet. I like Persona Paper too :) .

Feisty56 wrote on August 12, 2014, 7:24 PM:
You've got me giggling with your like of PicMonkey's terms, but then saying it's a program you don't use. I'm going to have to watch myself when I read your posts -- but it'll be fun.

FreyaYuki replied to Feisty56 on August 16, 2014, 4:47 PM:
😃 I didn't think anyone would notice that. I read PicMonkey's terms when I considered using said online photo editor. And I did like the terms of use and privacy policy because it's so fun and humorous and it's not that long either. But I ended up using GIMP as a photo editor instead.

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

3 Problems With Persona Paper Polls

For my last 2 posts on Persona Paper, I used the poll feature. I think it's great that Persona Paper has a poll feature ('cause polls are pretty fun, right? LOL), but here are some of the problems and issues that I've noticed about it.

I actually already made a poll post before. It seemed like forever ago though, so I don't really remember when, but it was this poll about Bubblews (looking at the poll in question, I see that it was published on October 16, 2014. Huh. Really long time ago, then. LOL).

Even then, I noticed that there were some issues with the poll feature, so I refrained from using them. It was only a few days ago that I decided to try out this type of post again. I wanted to see how it was now and if there were any new improvements or something.

So, here are the issues with the poll feature:

Spaces

• When you make a poll, you get a textbox where you can place your introductory text
• Unfortunately, you can't add spaces in between the paragraphs of your text
• Even if you make sure that there are spaces in between your paragraphs before posting your poll, those spaces will disappear after you publish your post
• So you end up with a poll post with an introductory text that's like one huge wall of nothing but text (this is especially the case if your intro text is quite long. If it's short, this shouldn't be much of a problem though it would still be nice to be able to put spaces in between our paragraphs)
• I wonder why we can't put spaces in between paragraphs?
• I'm not sure if using the break code <br/> will work as I haven't had the chance to try it yet though I have my doubts. Has anyone tried this? Does it work?

Removes apostrophe in the poll choices

• You can't use words like "you're", "I'm", "don't" and other such words that require the use of apostrophes
• So, you end up with poll choices like "youre", "Im", "dont", etc
• I wonder why this happens?
• It makes it seem like the writer/author/creator of the poll didn't even edit or proofread their article when the simple truth is they really wrote the words properly. It's just that when the poll was submitted, it messed things up and removed the apostrophes

No preview poll option

• If you're writing an article on Persona Paper, you can save it as a draft and then preview the appearance of your article
• For example, I can preview this article that I'm currently writing so I can check and make sure that it looks all right and that there are no errors, etc before publishing it
• Unfortunately, you can't preview poll posts
• All you can do is write your intro text, add the poll choices, give your post a title and then hit the submit button
• You won't be able to see what your article looks like before it immediately goes live
• This wouldn't be so bad if you can actually edit your post but you can't do that either
• I can see/understand why we can't edit our poll posts but wouldn't it be nice if we can at least preview it before submitting so we can see if there are things that we need to fix?
• For example, if I've been able to preview my polls before submitting them, I would have been able to correct the apostrophe mess. I could have tried to shorten my intro text too. As it is, I only found out about the mess when I saw my published post
• By then, it was too late to change anything because you can no longer edit your post

So, what do you think about this? Do you make polls on Persona Paper? Have you noticed these things?

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

Soonerdad3 wrote on March 15, 2015, 1:52 PM:
Yes, I made a few polls myself and I have noticed every one of the issues you included in the post, but the one I find most troubling is the fact that you cannot edit a Poll post.

FreyaYuki replied to Soonerdad3 on March 16, 2015, 11:07 AM:
I wouldn't mind not being able to edit a poll post as long as we can see a preview of what our published article will look like first before we publish it so we can correct any possible error or typo (like shortening our intro text if it's too long or making sure we don't use words that require apostrophes so it won't mess up the look of our polls).

Dawnwriter wrote on March 15, 2015, 1:59 PM:
I also dislike the fact that text in poll become one big block of text. I guess elitecodex can answer your concerns best.

FreyaYuki replied to Dawnwriter on March 16, 2015, 11:16 AM:
Yeah, I hope elitecodex can take a look at the poll post issues once he's feeling better.

Carmelanirel wrote on March 15, 2015, 2:34 PM:
Wow... I never created a poll yet, but that stinks, especially for me because as a writer, I am very particular in many the proper spaces and punctuation.

FreyaYuki replied to Carmelanirel on March 16, 2015, 11:19 AM:
I agree. I'm also particular with such things, which is why I've decided to stop making polls for now. It's too bad I can't edit the polls that I posted so I can at least try to fix the apostrophe mess.

Carmelanirel replied to FreyaYuki on March 16, 2015, 4:19 PM:
Oh I know, my first money making forum we couldn't edit anything but what was on our profile and I found that really annoying when I made typos..

FreyaYuki replied to Carmelanirel on March 17, 2015, 8:41 AM:
That is really annoying. I like being able to edit and proofread my posts. Even if we always edit before publishing our articles, sometimes, we can't catch all the mistakes so it's great to be able to go back and edit again if we notice typos. So I like how we can edit our comments and articles here. I hope Persona Paper can allow us to edit or at least preview polls before we submit them so we can correct any error.

Carmelanirel replied to FreyaYuki on March 17, 2015, 9:23 AM:
Maybe you can contact admin (sorry I can't remember the names, if you need to know, let me know and I will look them up) and inquire about changing this.

trufflehunter wrote on March 15, 2015, 9:44 PM:
Oh yes for some strange reason we can't use apostrophes for Poll text...

FreyaYuki replied to trufflehunter on March 16, 2015, 11:20 AM:
Yeah, it's really odd. I wonder why that is the case? I do hope these issues can be addressed eventually.

scheng1 wrote on March 16, 2015, 9:13 AM:
That is good suggestion. I hate to read a whole lump of words too.

FreyaYuki replied to scheng1 on March 16, 2015, 11:24 AM:
Yeah, I don't like posts that are just one big wall of text too, so I always make sure to add appropriate spaces on my articles. It's easier to read that way so people won't have to strain their eyes.

CalmGemini wrote on March 17, 2015, 10:58 AM:
I have posted some polls, and all the problems you have pointed out are relevant. Regarding the introduction, we can not write a smaller one as it should have the word count of a post. We should be allowed to edit or we must have the facility to preview our polls. Very good post.

FreyaYuki replied to CalmGemini on March 18, 2015, 11:08 AM:
Thanks. Yeah, it would be so much better if we were allowed to have spaces on the intro text so it would look nicer and if all the other poll post issues are addressed. Hopefully, the admin can look into this soon.

crowntower wrote on March 23, 2015, 8:59 AM:
That's why I never do a poll... lol! Heheheh I once had an issue about it, bestwriter told me that I did not vote on the poll that she had... but I told her I did it twice but nothing happened. I don't know what happens next, because I did it the third and fourth time nothing happened.

FreyaYuki replied to crowntower on March 24, 2015, 11:11 AM:
I've stopped doing poll posts for now. Hopefully, the issues with this feature can be sorted out soon. Looks like there are also problems with answering polls. Maybe that's why some polls only have a few votes. It's possible that the votes of those who answered the polls weren't properly recorded at all.

*Notes:
- Pic is a screenshot of this article from back when this was posted on another site
- This was previously published elsewhere