Pro and Cons of Mylot VS Bubblews

Hum hum (clears throat and takes a drink of water from the table beside the podium) My fellow comrades, (someone yells out “Bubblews is junk. myLot is not junk” as soon as the debate swings into gear) Hum, hum, I think that (looks around at the large number of attendies over the Mylot versus Bubbles debate and becomes somewhat intimidated) I think that (moves microphone to a better angle) Hum hum, (looks over at @owlwings who has made us look up the word sojourn, and then to @yukimori who’s opinion is extreme biased ) As I said previously, we should listen to our leader for without him we are nothing and without us she is nothing. What the heck did I just write?

My opinion is extremely biased. I never joined Bubblews because I felt from the beginning that their model was unsustainable and the site was doomed to failure. I haven't paid much attention to what's been going on there, but it's hard to ignore the posts I've seen from myLot users who are unhappy with Bubblews. And honestly, everyone is unhappy with Bubblews right now. There are errors that are preventing users from actually using the site. While Bubblews seems to be aware of the issues, they aren't actually addressing them at all. The founders have apparently jumped ship and gone on to greener pastures (aka Sweeble). The lack of response from Bubblews has gotten so bad that at least one user here has resorted to breaking the rules to get them to close his account and remove his posts. Oh, and that's not even taking into consideration the fact that the earnings over there are abysmal at this point and there's no guarantee that anyone who reaches their sky high $50 minimum will ever see a cent of those funds. Meanwhile, over here on myLot, we're having fun with our brownies and party hats. Our earnings might not be anywhere near what the earnings on Bubblews were in the very beginning, but myLot has a sterling reputation for timely payments despite abruptly ending the earnings program in 2013. I firmly believe that the way their earnings algorithm is designed allows for long-term stability. No, I don't know the specifics of it, but the fact that they don't openly disclose much information about it gives them leeway to tweak things behind the scenes. They're not making unrealistic promises that won't be kept, or that will drive the site into the ground. In fact, they don't make promises about the earnings at all aside from we'll reward you for your quality contributions to discussions here. Not only that, but the $10 minimum is fairly easily attainable. myLot's payment schedule is set and consistent. There's no guessing about when you'll be paid. You don't even have to put forth any effort to redeem, since it's all done automatically! And let's not forget the fact that the participation is genuine here. Plagiarists and spammers are shown the door quickly. You're not going to find posts filled with meaningless comments filled with generic compliments that show the poster never bothered reading it. (Oh, sure, we occasionally get a few who just read the title and answer based on that, but they're funny... ) Did I mention my opinion is extremely biased?

The attraction with Bubblews was the high earnings potential, which attracted a vast number of members. That in turn generated a great deal of activity and interaction, which made the site an excellent social medium. Once the payment levels were reduced many members left, followed by a constant decrease in membership as the months passed by. I finally gave up because the site had become so inactive that it had no real purpose.

Bubblews was good while it lasted. In fact, it was TOO good to last - many of us knew that in 2013 - and, predictably, it failed for a number of reasons, mainly because it was paying at completely unsustainable rates and didn't have any proper moderation to prevent the scammers and plagiarists from taking advantage of it. The 'pros' are that it gained a good and loyal following, many of whom have transferred here. MyLot is a fine example of a good idea which was competently planned and executed. It also suffered from problems of rather more being paid out than was justifiable by the income and expenses of running the site but it was able to 'wind down' its earnings program in a fairly organised fashion (it WAS done very hastily and a number of people felt hard-done-by at the time, but they did honour the outstanding balances of most of the members at the end). It's rebirth after two years in the hands of different owners and the restoration of the original management is encouraging. The return of many of the old members (together with some of the best from Bubblews) and the commitment and dedication of the moderator has also helped the site to come back quickly from its sojourn in the wastes of Spamland. The concept behind the two sites is rather different although they seem, at first sight, to be quite similar. Bubblews was (and could be again, under different management) much more of a 'writer's site' with rather less emphasis on comments and 'conversation' or 'discussion'. MyLot gives much more encouragement to the (sometimes long-winded) discussion of a topic, so is more of a 'forum' than Bubblews but there is a considerable overlap in the way both sites are actually used by their members.

MyLot functions on interaction and connectivity. Communication is solid between moderators and members. I never felt that on Bubblews.

I have not used Bubblews, I have joined Mylot few days back and I am just enjoying the discussions and posts by Random people... We are allowed to comment , share our views... This is actually fun and lot to learn as well.

BB was generous before. I received a lot of payouts and I thought that they will go to a higher level because they are upgrading their system. Moreover, the CEO were also being interviewed on TV and I was under the impression that the site will be stable. However, everything changes when there are a lot of complaints regarding plagiarism or using an app to gain likes. Then, they decided that they will extend the payment for 3 months for some countries. They made some major changes and suddenly, they no longer pay you. This is sad and disappointing at the same time specially if you are an honest BB user.

I haven't been here long enough to get paid yet, but I know for sure that I don't want to be at Bubblews any more despite making decent money there in the past.