Another Writing Site Bites the Dust
@polaris77 (2040)
Bacau, Romania
January 30, 2016 12:35pm CST
I have just found out that an article site I was quite active on last year, Persona Paper, will soon shut down . This isn't such a big surprise for me, as it was obvious that reaching the redemption threshold on Persona Paper was an extremely long process and I had actually stopped writing there several months ago due to the lack of financial perspectives, but still I can't stop feeling a little sad because that site allowed me to discover interesting people and read articles I truly enjoyed. Now that Persona Paper's demise is official, I want to move on towards other writing adventures, so my question is: Does anyone know any site like Persona Paper which allows people to post shorter articles and which has a decent earning rate?
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@polaris77 (2040)
• Bacau, Romania
1 Feb 16
That is a possibility I am thinking of; however, I prefer to be active on more sites, and myLot is a discussion site, while article writing site are different.
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@dianadee (1778)
• South Africa
3 Feb 16
True ..the payment threshold is easier to reach with not much fuss.
@lokisdad (4226)
• United States
31 Jan 16
If you find a place let me know because i have a long list of places but it seems they are all slowly going under one by one and they don't even pay that much and reaching the low redemptions seem impossible due to the lack of interaction and small amount of members.
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@polaris77 (2040)
• Bacau, Romania
1 Feb 16
I will definitely let you know if I find a good place to continue my writing adventure with better results. I won't stop searching until I find one!
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@lokisdad (4226)
• United States
1 Feb 16
@polaris77 makes me miss yahoo contributors
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
3 Feb 16
I liked Persona Papers - rather sad that it is going but good that it is allowing a graceful evacuation
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@polaris77 (2040)
• Bacau, Romania
4 Feb 16
Yes, I appreciate Persona Paper owners for their correct attitude towards the site's users and I am sad that this writing adventure is over, but we have to go on and hope that new and better sites will emerge.
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@MarshaMusselman (38663)
• Midland, Michigan
30 Jan 16
At least they are letting people know ahead of time. I'll have to hop over there and see if I want anything I placed on the site. I quit writing there before the demise of bubblews mostly because I don't have the extra time to be at more than one place at the same time.
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@polaris77 (2040)
• Bacau, Romania
30 Jan 16
Yes, unlike the Bubblews staff, who ended the site abruptly, the Persona Paper creators did the right thing and announced people in advance of the site's closing, giving them time to backup their works. I respect them for their attitude and I hope they will be more successful in their future initiatives.
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@polaris77 (2040)
• Bacau, Romania
6 Feb 16
There are indeed people who had high expectations from Persona Paper, and I include myself in this category, but I had gotten used to the idea that I would get nothing from my efforts there for a long while, so its closure hasn't taken me by surprise. I'm sure new opportunities will emerge, we just need a little patience.
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@oneoveralpha (434)
• Brookville, Pennsylvania
30 Jan 16
I've heard of a few sites, but I'm understandably a tad gunshy. For now, I'm sticking to myLot and my blogs.
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@polaris77 (2040)
• Bacau, Romania
30 Jan 16
Your reluctance to try those sites is understandable. As long as you have myLot and your blogs, you have plenty of space to express yourself. I guess I might also limit myself to myLot and the other sites I'm using now rather than try a new adventure with an uncertain outcome.
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@annierose (19267)
• Philippines
25 Mar 16
Hi Sebastian,
Have you found out already a site like Persona Paper? I just typed in the search box article writing and I bumped on your post. I would love to earn more by submitting articles online. I hope someone can share if they have ideas.
@polaris77 (2040)
• Bacau, Romania
26 Mar 16
At the moment I am posting my new articles on Blogjob, but as far as I know Blogjob stopped accepting new members a few month ago, which is a shame because it's a nice community there as well. I hope they will lift the restrictions one day and, of course, if I find another site worthy of trying I will let you know here.
@polaris77 (2040)
• Bacau, Romania
30 Jan 16
Well, I think there were better times for the site owners when they started it, but since it appears that keeping the site open was a time-consuming and not lucrative experience for them as well, I understand their decision to shut it down.
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@polaris77 (2040)
• Bacau, Romania
30 Jan 16
Of course, the one-sentence posts that can be found on myLot have nothing to do with articles! What I'm looking for is a site which allows posts of, let's say, 100 words. That is my conception of a short article, and that's what I did on sites like Bubblews and Persona Paper. When I want to write longer posts I can choose between Blogjob and Expertscolumn. Both of them accept a minimum length of 300 words, if I remember well.
