$4.98 In The Persona Paper Bank Page

Hey y'all? What's up? This is so exciting, you know? Guess what- oh, wait, I think you might have guessed it already considering the entire point of this post has already been mentioned in the title. LOL 😃.

But, yeah, that is the point. I just checked my bank page here and I see that I currently have 3,321 coins, which is equivalent to $4.98. Exciting and pretty cool, isn't it, especially considering how earnings can be pretty slow here? I'm just glad that the bank page here on Persona Paper actually moves, unlike in some other sites (*coughBubblewscough*) where the bank page is practically at a standstill.

Well, needless to say, I'm looking forward to seeing that $4.98 turn into a $5. Of course, I'd be even more pleased to get much more than that. Eh, I know that I've got a long way to go before I can reach the minimum payment threshold here. I wonder if the value of the coins will have gone up by then? LOL. So, how 'bout you? How are you doing here on Persona Paper? Are you nearing $20?

Edited to add: Unfortunately, both Bubblews and Persona Paper have stopped paying its members.

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

MakeMoneyOnline wrote on March 3, 2015, 11:57 AM:
Good job! I'm at about 2.40 I think and am also still a long way from $20. But it will be a nice milestone when I reach $5.

FreyaYuki replied to MakeMoneyOnline on March 4, 2015, 1:30 PM:
Thanks. Yeah, seems like it will take a long time before we reach $20. It's certainly a milestone to reach $5. Good luck and hope you reach this milestone soon.

snerfu wrote on March 3, 2015, 12:06 PM:
Hey it is pretty exciting reading about it. I am a long way behind but reading about it makes it all better.

FreyaYuki replied to snerfu on March 4, 2015, 1:35 PM:
Yeah, it can be nice and encouraging to read about the bank page on Persona Paper moving. There was a post about someone who got paid and that can be encouraging and motivating too, so you know it is possible and that you can get paid as well.

GayleStorm wrote on March 3, 2015, 12:59 PM:
That's great! I think my favorite part of making coins on Persona Paper is that we get paid for our comments. So how much you make and how fast you make it are really up to you. Not that my bank is exploding by any means.

FreyaYuki replied to GayleStorm on March 4, 2015, 1:38 PM:
Thanks. I like that part too, so you don't always have to write all the time. Yeah, same with my bank. It took a long time before I even got this far.

Harmony wrote on March 3, 2015, 1:05 PM:
It looks it not worth to write for earnings anymore, everywhere earnings are so low.

FreyaYuki replied to Harmony on March 4, 2015, 1:42 PM:
Yeah, earnings can be really slow sometimes, but, at least on Persona Paper, you can see your bank page moving even if it does so at a slow pace.

bestwriter wrote on March 3, 2015, 7:06 PM:
If it has gone up to 4.98 it will surely go up to 20 - simple calculation.

FreyaYuki replied to bestwriter on March 4, 2015, 1:45 PM:
LOL. Yeah, I'm hoping to be able to reach $20 soon, but it's likely to take a long while.

bestwriter replied to FreyaYuki on March 4, 2015, 7:11 PM:
Mine has been a long journey too, but on the way I have met so many great connections and have learnt so much.

BarbRad wrote on March 4, 2015, 3:19 AM:
I currently have $20.29. I applied for payment and had three issues to clear. I see that tonight they have cleared, so I'm waiting for the email that says it's reached my PayPal account. That will be a very exciting day.

FreyaYuki replied to BarbRad on March 4, 2015, 1:47 PM:
Oh, wow. Congrats. That's great news. Definitely exciting. Hope you get it soon.

antoniowestley replied to BarbRad on March 4, 2015, 4:45 PM:
How long have you been on the site and how long did it take you to get to that point, is it something you can do monthly?

BarbRad replied to antoniowestley on March 4, 2015, 8:10 PM:
I joined the last day of July, but I rarely write more than one post a day. I cannot do it monthly, but maybe you can.

Dawnwriter wrote on March 5, 2015, 2:21 AM:
Congratulations. It feels good to reach milestones such as these. It is a slow journey to reach $20 (I am at $7.5), but it is encouraging to know people are still ready to try.

FreyaYuki replied to Dawnwriter on March 5, 2015, 12:25 PM:
Thanks. Yeah, it is good to see our bank page here slowly but surely increasing. It may take some time, but, hopefully, we can all reach the payout soon.

luisga814 wrote on March 5, 2015, 9:38 PM:
maybe as of this comment writing, you already reach $5 and wishing you all the best to reach $10, $15, $20 as soon as possible.

FreyaYuki replied to luisga814 on March 6, 2015, 4:05 PM:
Thanks. Yeah, I currently have around $5.13 now. The bank moves slowly, but at least it moves. Hopefully, we can all reach the payout soon.

cheri wrote on March 11, 2015, 8:54 AM:
That is great! I am still working to my next dollar to reach 4 in my bank

FreyaYuki replied to cheri on March 12, 2015, 1:36 PM:
Thanks. God luck reaching $4 soon. It can take some time to see the coins increase, but at least the bank page here is actually moving unlike in some other sites.

crowntower wrote on March 13, 2015, 5:22 AM:
Congratulations!!!! and I guess in that coins you have view many of our works here, so thank you too for supporting us and the whole staff and community of Persona Paper. God bless you more.

FreyaYuki replied to crowntower on March 13, 2015, 12:33 PM:
Thanks. It takes a while, but the coins do increase and the bank page does move so that's good.

scheng1 wrote on March 17, 2015, 8:59 AM:
By the time you read my comment, you probably have nearly $5.50.

FreyaYuki replied to scheng1 on March 18, 2015, 11:23 AM:
LOL. Yeah, it's currently at around $5.65.

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

What Can Be Done About The Lost Money And Articles On Bubblews?

By now, most, if not all, have undoubtedly already heard about the demise of Bubblews. Without warning, the writing site in question has been shut down. This is really quite upsetting and depressing, you know?

Unexpected shut down, no warning at all

That's totally an understatement, by the way. Sigh. This is horrid. It's bad enough that the site was shut down, but what makes it worse is how there was no warning at all about this. I mean, don't you think that the least that they could have done was to at least tell us about this? Don't you think that they could have at least told us that the site will shut down soon so that we can get the chance to take down all of our articles from Bubblews and move them elsewhere?

Unfortunately, they said nothing at all. They just shut down the site, and, now, nothing except the homepage, is accessible. It doesn't matter if you have a link to your profile page or one of your article pages. If you try to go to those URLs, you'll be greeted with an error 404 page. The homepage itself has nothing except a note about the site's shutdown.

What can be quite vexing is how this came as such a surprise, at least for me. I haven't been very active in Bubblews lately due to the low traffic and low earnings. But, occasionally, sometimes, I would still log on to the site to check things out, see how things are going, maybe even post something if I feel like it. These past few days though, I've been really busy, so I haven't been to the site at all. As such, I wouldn't even have known about the shut down if I hadn't come across an article talking about it.

No chance to backup articles?

I wish they could have said something, you know, like maybe have the courtesy to send all the members an email message about their plans for the site. It's not like they have to write a detailed email. They could just say something like, 'hey, the site is gonna shut down in so-and-so time, so why don't you go make backup copies of all of your posts if you wanna move them somewhere or something?'

I'm really thankful that I've already moved a lot of my articles that I really like. However, I do still have a lot of stuff posted on there. And I would have liked to be able to move them. Sigh. I think, I hope, that I do still have copies of all of those posts somewhere. At least I'm pretty sure that a number of the posts I had on there were all about Bubblews anyway, so it's not like they can be reposted with the site's demise.

I hope the others also had backup copies of their articles. For those that don't, hopefully, Google still has a cache of your articles. Know any other means of being able to recover these posts?

What about the money?

Another thing that's really quite frustrating and annoying (not to mention plain depressing) about all this is the money. How many were so near to the $50 payment threshold? I had about $44+ in my Bubblews bank page, and, someday, I had hoped that I'd still be able to reach the payment threshold or that it would be lowered and that I'd be able to redeem that money.

Now, it's impossible to do that. It's just a dream now, nothing but a shattered dream or would it be better to say a horrifying nightmare? Sigh. Do you really think that there's nothing that can be done about this now? Does that mean that there's no way for any of us to recover whatever money we had on that site? So, the site just gets to pocket everything then? What do you think about all this?

Now I feel kind of worried about the other writing sites out there. I just hope that, in case a site decides to shut down or something, they can at least give us an advance notice or warning so we can get backup copies of all of our articles.

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

norlaw wrote on November 17, 2015, 9:06 AM:
Very good article. I have copies of my 3000 plus articles. Do you know if I will be able to submit them somewhere else? Bubblews owed me a lot of money, so I had not done much posting but checked the site to comment on others articles. Is the site a good one? Can you make any money at it. I usually write because I enjoy it but now I need the extra money.

morilla replied to norlaw on November 17, 2015, 9:12 AM:
You retain the rights to your articles; all you gave Bubblews was the right of use. However, bear in mind that other sites can put provisions on your use of articles which have been previously published.

They can stipulate or expect a certain percentage of editing; acknowledgment that it has been previously published with a notation as to what name it was published under and/or proof that (assuming you used a different name) that it was, in fact, you; etc. Likewise, when dealing with a membership site, there will inevitably be some members who 'frown' on publishing the 'same' article on multiple sites.

FreyaYuki replied to norlaw on January 10, 2016, 3:36 AM:
Thanks. Yes, you can republish your articles from Bubblews elsewhere since the site is already gone. But you should not post the same article on multiple sites since sites usually don't allow this. So, for example, if you post one of your Bubblews articles here on Persona Paper, then you won't be able to post it elsewhere unless you delete the post from this site first.

As for the money- this depends on a lot of factors like which site you join, how many visitors you get to your article, how much the site is offering to pay or like if they pay per view or by impressions, etc.

morilla wrote on November 17, 2015, 9:08 AM:
A business is not required to publicly announce what it is going to do in that regard. Remember, it's their business and you are simply a 'supplier' for it. With that said, there has been plenty of 'warning' and many members, especially in this site, have posted about that since at least the end of December last year. In other words, it wasn't a question of "if," but "when." Insofar as 'backing up articles,' that's something which people should of been doing as they posted . The same applies to contributions here and any other website.

The money is a potential point. However, given how they wrote off large amounts of member earnings at the end of December, given how people have been waiting 4 - 6 months for redemptions they still hadn't received, given other behaviors the site engaged in, and given that, if you read the Terms of Service, 'earnings' were not considered 'earned' until officially vetted and acknowledged, the case would be a tough one to make. There's also the fact that the cost of filing a legal action is more than what would be deemed to be owed to any, single member. I'm sure that's something they count on as they changed the Terms of Service to preclude "group" lawsuits.

carebear4u wrote on November 17, 2015, 9:11 AM:
Don't feel bad. I had $47 something. I even emailed them complaining. They will be missed for sure though. I am here and in TSU now.

bethieannie wrote on November 17, 2015, 10:03 AM:
If you google "Bubblews username keyword" you can find your posts. Then select to see the cache version. Until it gets reindexed, it will still show the post.

mtgywriter wrote on November 21, 2015, 9:12 PM:
I only heard about the demise of Bubblews because of a post in a writer group. Fortunately, I pulled all my posts around a year ago and never looked back. They're all still saved as Word documents on my desktop hard drive. Between now and the end of the year may be a good time to dust them off, make sure none were stolen and posted elsewhere, and see how they do now.

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

Discrepancy In Number Of Persona Paper Views And Comments

This is very strange and odd. Is this really just because of the use of ad blockers or is there something else going on? Is there a bug or issue or problem on Persona Paper or something with regards to the number of views and comments that you get on your articles and the number of coins that you get in your bank page?

What's going on with Persona Paper?

Okay, let's start from the beginning. The most recent post that I published on Persona Paper is this one: "Latest News From Bubblews?" If you look at the screenshot below, you'll see that it currently has 12 views.

However, the article in question currently has 17 comments.

12 views versus 17 comments

What's with the discrepancy? Shouldn't the number of views be the same as the number of comments? Is this really because some of the commenters are using ad blockers, and, thus, their views are not being counted?

Some people have mentioned this before, but is this really what's happening here? This is the first time I really noticed this, maybe because of the difference in the number of views and comments. I didn't think the discrepancy could be so high.

I thought the difference would only be like 1 or 2. Have you guys noticed this too? If there is a discrepancy in the number of views and comments that you guys got on your articles, how high is the discrepancy? Do you think this is really because of the ad blocker issue or is this because of something else entirely? What are your thoughts on this matter?

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

MakeMoneyOnline wrote on March 24, 2015, 11:22 AM:
We have noticed it before and I've written about one of the possible reasons here: http://www.personapaper.com/article/25543-why-people-see-more-comments-than-views-on-persona-paper-maybe

It's most probably ad blockers or just simply instances when ads were't loaded before the viewer left the site or just that ads simply didn't load (which I've noticed to be happening a lot especially on mobile devices such as my iPad). Like now, only one ad loaded and the rest are blank. I think you only get a view counted and coins awarded if all the ads load correctly.

FreyaYuki replied to MakeMoneyOnline on March 25, 2015, 9:52 AM:
I didn't think/realize the discrepancy could be so high though. So, it looks like even if you don't have an ad blocker, if the ads don't load, then no coins will be awarded.

grandma20121 wrote on March 24, 2015, 2:29 PM:
Hmm this is a really good question but i certainly do not know the correct answer, i dont really know too much bout the ad blockers thing.

FreyaYuki replied to grandma20121 on March 25, 2015, 9:55 AM:
Yeah, I wondered why there was such a high discrepancy between the number of views and the number of comments.

valmnz wrote on March 24, 2015, 5:15 PM:
I've been noticing similar occurrences as well. I've also noticed that not all my comments are credited in coins, even though I always make sure I have more than 40 characters if I'm in doubt.

FreyaYuki replied to valmnz on March 25, 2015, 9:57 AM:
Thanks for confirming the issue. Maybe this is a bug or glitch or something? I hope elitecodex can look into this as well. I just noticed the issue with the comments as well. It's exactly what you say. Sometimes, the comment will get a coin, but, at other times, no coin will be given even though all the comments are more than 40 characters.

Alexandoy wrote on March 24, 2015, 6:45 PM:
I hope technical glitches can be solved. Posts like this are important in the development of this site.

FreyaYuki replied to Alexandoy on March 25, 2015, 10:10 AM:
Yeah. I saw some other posts that talk about this. I hope it can be resolved soon.

peachpurple wrote on March 25, 2015, 4:33 AM:
yeah, i didn't notice that either, you made a point. Maybe it is the ads blocker

FreyaYuki replied to peachpurple on March 25, 2015, 10:13 AM:
It could be because of ad blockers, because the ads didn't load correctly on the page or it might also be because of a bug or glitch or something else entirely.

scheng1 wrote on March 25, 2015, 8:57 AM:
I do not think the reason is due to ad blocker. If it is, we would have noticed it long ago. I report to Admin because in one article where I leave comment, my view did not register. I know that all ads are loaded, because I do not use ad block, and I have refreshed the post a few times.

FreyaYuki replied to scheng1 on March 25, 2015, 10:18 AM:
I doubted that it was because of ad blockers too since the discrepancy was kind of really high, and, from the looks of things, it seems that many of us are experiencing this, so it may be because of a bug or glitch or something. Hopefully, elitecodex can look into this. I don't use ad blockers either.

BarbRad wrote on March 25, 2015, 2:22 PM:
My guess would be that only unique views are counted, whereas every comment, even yours, appear on the page. Your own view wouldn't be counted more than once, nor would the views of people who come back to see responses to comments they made or to comment again. Before I started to write my comment, this post had 14 comments, including yours. It had 12 views. Seven of the comments were your own. To me that says other people who did not comment viewed the page and their views were counted and your view was counted only once. MaeLou? Am I right?

FreyaYuki replied to BarbRad on March 26, 2015, 8:05 AM:
But I hadn't responded to the comments on that article yet when I posted this article, so there were 12 views and 17 comments, but none of those comments were mine and those 17 comments were from different people. I thought the discrepancy seemed too high, so I posted about it. It seems that others like valmnz and MakeMoneyOnline have also noticed and experienced this as they mentioned in their comments here. I don't know if this is really because of the use of ad blockers or if there's a bug or glitch here or something.

MaeLou replied to FreyaYuki on March 26, 2015, 8:44 AM:
There is more than one reason that a view would not be counted. It's not impossible to have 5 people with ad blockers out of 17. We do have quite a bit of users using ad blockers. If ads do not show up because they are taking a while to load and searching for one to display, that could be another reason. If ads don't appear, we don't pay for those views. There are other ways too, but of course, we cannot announce those in order to prevent people from cheating the system.

shaggin83 wrote on March 25, 2015, 9:04 PM:
I have never noticed it on any of my posts, but I do not get a very large number of views or comments. This is a pretty big difference in the amount of views it says instead of what it should be. I hope you get credited correctly for this.

FreyaYuki replied to shaggin83 on March 26, 2015, 8:11 AM:
I noticed this one because the discrepancy was quite high. Thanks. I hope it gets sorted out too. From what others have said, it looks like many are experiencing this too, so I do hope the admin can look into this.

AdGoggleKo wrote on July 10, 2015, 2:26 AM:
I am not monitoring views and comments count on my posts so I haven't noticed it. :)

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

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