Good-bye Persona Paper / myLot

United States

February 7, 2016 6:17am CST

Wrote my last article on Persona Paper. I will miss that place. Not that it didn’t have issues. The ads slowed the page loading down. I kept my sound on mute when I when there because of the many obnoxious ads that played over and over again and couldn’t be stopped. But it was a friendly place, and the people nice and interesting. Also, the owners had designed it so that it was virtually free of spammers, scammers and plagiarizes that have plagued other sites. They also made it a practice—not just a “policy”—to be open with members about problems they were facing and steps they were taking to address those problems. I’ll pop in to read, comment and say good-bye until the site goes away, but I won’t write any more articles. I’ll miss the place.

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John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (109841)

• Los Angeles, California

7 Feb 16

Thank goodness for the @msiduri as I wouldn't have recognized you from PP. We are all seemingly coming over here.

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Siduri

@msiduri (5687)

• United States

7 Feb 16

Many people are. I've been over here for some months, but only active since the announcement of PP's imminent demise.

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Rebecca Huston

@Telynor (1763)

• United States

9 Feb 16

I'm rather sad about leaving the site. But as they say, reality and all that. So now I am going to give this one a go and see what happens.

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Siduri

@msiduri (5687)

• United States

9 Feb 16

@Telynor Hope this works out for you. Lots of interaction.

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Siduri

@msiduri (5687)

• United States

9 Feb 16

@Telynor I'm sorry to hear that. MyLot will give you opportunity for lots of interaction, though.

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Rebecca Huston

@Telynor (1763)

• United States

9 Feb 16

@msiduri I hope so too. To be honest , I don't think I could handle another site collapse. I get really twitchy when I can't write -- it's a strong part of my therapy, and when I don't have it to go to, my general state starts to slip.

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divalounger

@divalounger (6182)

• United States

18 Feb 16

So many sites have blown by me, I am sad!

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divalounger

@divalounger (6182)

• United States

18 Feb 16

@msiduri I was never on epinions although I have friends who were--13 years is a long time!

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Siduri

@msiduri (5687)

• United States

18 Feb 16

Same here. The biggie for me was Epinions. I was there thirteen years. And then it went away.

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (40026)

• Toccoa, Georgia

9 Feb 16

This is LeaPea2417 from PP. Yes it is sad to say good by to the site.

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Siduri

@msiduri (5687)

• United States

9 Feb 16

Hi, LeaPea! Good to see you. I felt bad saying good-bye. I'm glad the owners handled it the way they did, though.

Mark Graham

@marky7 (563)

• Independence, Louisiana

7 Feb 16

I just sent a message on facebook to you and now here in case you don't get on facebook on Super Bowl 50 day. I will miss PP to even only been there for five months. Loved writing there.

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Siduri

@msiduri (5687)

• United States

7 Feb 16

I don't see your request on Facebook. Superbowl 50 won't interfere with my routine.

I doubt there are too many people with my name.

O'Kennedy

@OKennedy (1130)

• United States

27 Feb 16

Its always a bummer to lose a site that you enjoy visiting and earn money.

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Siduri

@msiduri (5687)

• United States

27 Feb 16

Yes. Persona Paper was such a friendly place. But I'm glad I've found myLot.

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O'Kennedy

@OKennedy (1130)

• United States

27 Feb 16

@msiduri I always wonder what happens to people where they go when places shut down.

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Siduri

@msiduri (5687)

• United States

27 Feb 16

@OKennedy Usually, they find other places. Or they start their own blogs. Or take up writing projects. I've known people to do all of the above.

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freak369

@freak369 (5112)

• United States

12 Feb 16

I have been a member here for ten years and little has changed - but when it comes to a website like this, that's a good thing. I was inactive for a while but recognize a couple of names here and there and almost every day I see someone new join the site that I knew from one of the others.

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Siduri

@msiduri (5687)

• United States

12 Feb 16

I'd never heard of it until a few months ago.

scheng1

@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

7 Feb 16

Of all the writing sites, I miss Bubblews the most. I do not like the management team, but when Bubblews was paying great, the whole place is buzzing with activities.

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Siduri

@msiduri (5687)

• United States

7 Feb 16

It was buzzing and it was fun for a while, but there were so many scammers I spent time each day removing their crap from my posts. And the plagiarism! It was rampant. I was never a high earner there. Maybe that's why I'm so impatient with everything else. I was paid everything I was owed, but some of my friends were not. One of my friends had his account deleted without explanation just before he would have reached payout.

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