I will not delete my account in Wikinut
By scheng1
@scheng1 (24649)
Singapore
December 10, 2015 8:07am CST
Even though Wikinut has announced that it will stop paying us, I will not delete my account there.
Most of my articles in Wikinut are not original.
These articles were published elsewhere before I republished them in Wikinut because it accepted the articles as long as we are the original writer.
The payment from Wikinut is not that fantastic.
In fact, it is a very low paying site.
In most years since I joined Wikinut years ago, I hardly made $20 in a single year.
I think the best thing about Wikinut is the professional way they manage the bad news.
At least they have the decency to send an email to all users, and to allow us the opportunity to delete our account, and to download all our content.
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12 responses
@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
10 Dec 15
I wasn't part of that site but the way they emailed all of its members was the right way to go about things I think.
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@HanVanMeegerin (1161)
• United States
16 Dec 15
@tallawah I admire how they handled this issue, but they rarely would communicate prior to this. I heard lot's of folks complaining that they pleaded to admin about how to close accounts or delete posts, but could never get any guidance.
@yugocean (9963)
• India
10 Dec 15
This means wikinut is running into bears, a site which already pays that low is not making much and is running down.
As you said Most of your articles in Wikinut were published elsewhere before you republished them in Wikinut, so your articles are safe there too.
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@UmiNoor (4521)
• Malaysia
11 Dec 15
No wonder I didn't get the email. I joined Wikinut using the email that is now not operational. Anyway, I had about 10 or so articles that I republished from other websites in Wikinut so I won't be deleting my account either. I have never managed to reach payout though. At least Wikinut behaves better than Bubblews.
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@UmiNoor (4521)
• Malaysia
11 Dec 15
@hereandthere Perhaps they just sent to active members only. I haven't logged in to the website for quite a while now.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
11 Dec 15
there is an article there with comments from members saying they never received the email announcement either
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
11 Dec 15
maybe that's one of the reasons - allowing republishing of the same content?
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@HanVanMeegerin (1161)
• United States
16 Dec 15
@tallawah The page program always seemed like a joke and became more meaningness as time passed.
@HanVanMeegerin (1161)
• United States
16 Dec 15
@scheng1 it would seem hard to stoop to the level of Bubblews.
@annierose (21977)
• United States
5 May 16
It is the first time I have read about Wikinut and also the first time to know that a certain site allow an article that was published already. Is it totally closed now?
Anyway, this post was created last year so I wonder how is the Wikinut site now. It is good that they were able to announce to all their members their plan to stop giving payments. I hope all admins of earning sites know that ethics.
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
6 May 16
@scheng1 I see. I hope they will pay again. If they do, they will invite more members and gain more popularity. I think they just need to think of strategies how they can acquire more revenue from adverisements. How long have they not been paying online?
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@HanVanMeegerin (1161)
• United States
16 Dec 15
@scheng1 They did communicate this well, but prior communication was wpefully inadequate. I will most likely delete my posts there, but keep my account there just in the event I want to communicate something. There are a few users there that have a history of lying about or smearing others.
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@HanVanMeegerin (1161)
• United States
17 Dec 15
@scheng1 yes the moderators did a good job there, though the assignment of stars was a joke. There were some good writers. Lot's of poor ones too.
