DocAndersen
I started blogging in 2004 and then really started full time blogging in 2005. I started with one blog on Windows Live. Over time I started writing for many other blogs. My first paid blogging experience was around 2008 or 2009. I have and continue to make a small amount of money blogging. I don’t consider it an income; it is merely money that is extra. But I know that my contribution to this site and others is the content I create. I suspect the best thing we could do right now is to all take a two or three-day break from the site and see if that gets the message across. You see, right now we have a problem. The admin team doesn’t seem to be responding to emails.
I am not calling for nor saying we should boycott the site yet. I am just throwing that out as a topic of discussion. Would people be willing to take two days off?
That is the power we have as a community; I am loathed to ask people to use it, but if we had to, anyway, please comment on what you think about this? The other issue and solution in front of us are asking the admin team to give us more control over publication. By us, I mean no specific today, simply that a group of people should be allowed to move posts forward quickly.
There is considerable risk with author approval systems cheating is, of course, part of the problem. We lost the edit button on this site because Illena C. refused to listen to other authors. She continued to post high view and high comment posts over and over. It cost authors many views and created a huge controversy. The result was the admin team took away the edit button. With approvals, we could have the same situation with people not playing by the rules.
What could we do to prevent cheating/abusing an author run system?
Would you be willing to take a 2 or 3-day break without posting to show the admins we are serious!
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Question of
would you take a community 3 day posting break?
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Yes
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No
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Question of
that is the only way we can impact the site, cost them revenue…
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Yes
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Do you think we could find a way to have authors approve content without cheating?
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Yes
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No
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I had a very long break here without any posting.
If to be honest I did not like you blamed Ilena for taking away edit button. Is it fair? Who said you she was guilty for that? Or it is just your assumptions? We should not go into personal blamings.
You think only new posts generate revenue?
Q: WOULD YOU TAKE A COMMUNITY 3 DAY POSTING BREAK?
Yes (4 votes) – 67%
No (2 votes) – 33%
Q: THAT IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN IMPACT THE SITE, COST THEM REVENUE…
Yes (5 votes) – 100%
Q: DO YOU THINK WE COULD FIND A WAY TO HAVE AUTHORS APPROVE CONTENT WITHOUT CHEATING?
Yes (5 votes) – 83%
No (1 votes) – 17%
Sometimes I take intended breaks. It will work since Google favours recent posts. They’ll give in.
They approved a few yesterday lets see if they will keep going
That is good news. Let’s hope they approve articles on a short time.
they have two straight Mondays approved posts. a week is bad 3 weeks is horrific.
That is good news. Let’s hope they approve articles in a short time.
I am already taking a forced break of nearly one month now, with no posts of mine being posted.
yes I know that was why i was thinking a solidarity break may be effective!
I just had one let through today now, onto the site, so my email to them must have worked.
i will look for it in a little bit, that is great news!
Yes, it’s a footstep in the right direction.
i saw three authors that I know were waiting had posts published. small baby step.
Doc I need every penny I can get and already lost two weeks. However, if you all decide to do something like that then I will wander around on other sites until we can get back here but I sure would like to get a payment end of September. Let me know I will go along.
thanks – i think the support isn’t going to be required. New posts appear today (two weeks in a row)
You are really intent on making this site better. But you are like knocking on heaven’s door.
i have been successful in the past many times,.i will keep trying
I seldom post here, i got some which were never approved. I did not visit the site for months until a few days ago. Looks like there are changes to policies.
i am so sorry (adding you to my list). Yes there are many changes overall. The hope is they will get back to regular post approvals.
Looking forward to that.
I am actually planning a break, but its more than 3 days once I hit 700 posts. In my payment post I wanted to thank you all for supporting my page unless I don’t decide to return.
well i hope you come back honestly we can use all the people rowing right now!
I’ve seen some occasional writers post this past weekend. They must be the ones that had things waiting to be published. I’ll be swinging around to read their posts this week.
Ghost suggested this a few days ago. It might work, I sure need a break.
yeah so did several other folks. There are new posts tricking in, so i wonder if the email campaign is working.