The death of the writing site
By L. Jenkinson
@MarymargII (12422)
Toronto, Ontario
July 16, 2016 11:42pm CST
As time goes on, I notice one after the other, many writing sites are closing. I wrote on the Examiner for years, and, like many others, was sent an email warning they would be closing in a short while. No real reason was given but it was quite a shock. That makes the third site I've written on that has closed. I wasn't part of the Squidoo fallout but was on Helium and of course, Bubblews.
I'm sure these sites have a good inkling they will be closing but choose not to warn people in advance. Probably because many would leave and they want to squeeze the last bit of money out of it. It's scary though when you don't know what will happen. Which ones of you have been caught unawares, like myself? Which good sites other than myLot are still up and running?
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11 responses
@GardenGerty (169585)
• United States
17 Jul 16
I do not know of any sites that are for original writing like myLot, it is unique. Textbroker is up and quite healthy it seems. It is ghost writing though, not original thought. I was caught by bubblews, but had seen the writing on the wall as it was unsustainable. I was a member of Gather, Sidetick, and a few others that have just become blurs.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
17 Jul 16
Its true that they can all blend together and its hard to remember them individually- I feel there are few good ones left and that they will all go out one day.
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@marlina (154103)
• Canada
7 Aug 16
@MarymargII Can't be easy to manage those sites.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
8 Aug 16
@marlina No and you have to be smart not to lose money as some people go crazy and push to the limits!
@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
20 Jul 16
i thought Persona Paper was still in operation?
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@LadyDuck (502812)
• Italy
20 Jul 16
@MarymargII They do not pay anymore, they are still opened to allow people to save the articles they wrote there.
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@dodo19 (48197)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
20 Jul 16
@MarymargII I don't think so either. Hopefully more will come.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
20 Jul 16
I know. All of a sudden- I don't think they planned well!
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
20 Jul 16
@dodo19 Yes, and hopefully they'll plan their strategies a bit better!
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
19 Jul 16
@jabo Well many PPV places have now gone out- and it is a slow-moving epidemic Smart Administration is the key and many don't have it!
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
20 Jul 16
@marlina Seems like everyone was on Bubblews. Squidoo sounds like it was such a great site too!
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
22 Jul 16
@MarymargII It's a shame. Especially when there are so many people who can write very well.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
22 Jul 16
@just4him Yes, they have no place to go right now or very few.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
21 Jul 16
It looks like over time that the writer and the writing site has been de-valued. There are an influx of writers and content isn't as needed as before or else they can get it for next to nothing.
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@JudyEv (382542)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Jul 16
@MarymargII I'm not sure really. You could write really 'meaty' articles there but it took more effort. Posts on here are very easy to write and don't take a lot of work which is okay but that is the difference.
@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
17 Jul 16
I have heard about Infobarrel as well as HUbPages - I think they are similar. Why do you like Infobarrel so much?
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@owstalaga (4825)
• Philippines
21 Jul 16
I don't think there are really good online writing sites these days. They're all either paying too low or become obsolete and disappear after some time. Oh what an online life... 
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
21 Jul 16
So true what is an online writer person to do---lol!
@koopharper (7599)
• Canada
17 Jul 16
Seems to be part of being an online writer. Sad to see so many of them die off. I'm hoping that myLot stays healthy.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
27 Aug 16
i hope you got paid. i read posts from bellestar and msiduri that they received something from examiner.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
27 Aug 16
Yes, we did quite surprisingly- they did say they would and I kind of believed them so yes---very good!
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@jobelbojel (36796)
• Philippines
8 Aug 16
I started on Bubblews, when it closed down, I found other sites that did not pay and did not last. Then I found Blogjob, it was fun writing on Blogjob. I got paid twice while accumulating points for my third payout, the owner announced that the point system has been taken down. The site is still up but not paying.
@JESSY3236 (22265)
• United States
20 Jul 16
Textbroker is not exactly Mylot, but it's still going. Mylot is pretty much the only one I know of.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
20 Jul 16
True- I think I tried to join Textbroker a while back but they didn't accept Canadians. I'm not sure if they still do.
