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You're Nice, but We're Just 'Not that into You' Lol

By MythMan J, published Oct 29, 2007
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A friend whom I met here on AssociatedContent.com wrote an article 'warning' us (his 'loyal subscribers') that he would not be writing-on-AC as consistently as he had in the past.

I started a response in the comments there, but it's my policy that any possible-comment that takes up more then two comment-screens full of text warrants a seperate reply-article.

This is my comment (with some modifications for the full article):

'I understand. It sounds weird, but you have to kind of let go of the idea of "personal from blogging" in order to reach true prosperity in blogging.

'"Dreahwrites" (another 'freelance blogger') has actually said that AC 'does her better' with the upfront payments (especially with their newer 'Call for Content' function, which--as you can see on nearly every personal-dashboard page here--gives you the ideas they're paying money for ... as you can see, I'm not a "grammar nazi" like other commenters).

'I hope to see you elsewhere, and back here on occasion ... 'On occasion' is really what AC was meant for, mainly for the profit of its staff; Content Provider's are supposed to be "only-just 'people' who pop over 'on occasion' to provide a little content IN THEIR SPARE TIME."

'So your plans are just right. "Professional" bloggers write in blogs all over ... I personally have at least four others I'm writing on; so go write on your others and just pop over here to check out any subscriptions you've enlisted, see if any C4Cs inspire you, and you might even link to some of your other articles from here in order to boost your SE-ranking a little!'


 
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  • "Professional" blogging involves using a wide variety of blog programs.
  • AssociatedContent.com is a spare-time activity, not a part-time employment.
  • If you want to write for a paycheck from one place, send your resume to a publisher with a b&m-site.
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That makes AC.com kind of the god here, judging each according to 'what it contributes to AC.com.' And, in a world where money is power, I don't suppose it matters much to AC.com what 'kind' of respect they get. The Power Corrupts.

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Posted on 11/04/2007 at 1:11:00 PM

 
When AC rejects an article, they say feel free to self-publish. So I do. I started doing book reviews again and self-publish. Several people have said "I want to buy that one", gee Amazon.com ads? I think. So I would not like to be limited in self-publishing. I would like to see "flag as inappropriate" button, to notify AC of 1 sentence articles or others that violate terms of service. They could then investigate. As long as AC is making money, it does not seem to matter what is associated with the site.

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Posted on 11/04/2007 at 1:11:00 AM

 
When I first started with AC I was turned down for some articles. A first person account of a local event was not considered "news". I often read local newspaper articles about events and it was important to me that I publish, so I self-published. Then I was turned down for book reviews (after I specifically bought some books to write the reviews) because they only pay for book reviews about consumer related products. I thought a book was a consumer related product.

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Posted on 11/04/2007 at 1:11:00 AM

 
Excellent points, Alyce. That's why I think AC should re-establish itself as an 'article' publisher, possibly by limiting the automatic-publishing to one or two weeks a month.

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Posted on 11/04/2007 at 12:11:00 AM

 
Good being a subjective word. When AC was paying $8.00 upfront for product reviews, for example, one CP quickly submitted dozens of product reviews. Can you imagine a review on a 79 cent kitchen "scubber"? Basically a sponge with plastic netting. Getting paid $8.00 for that? Plus pageview bonus' from people like me that thought it was about something else. There are also CPs who have gotten real job offers from having published here at AC.

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Posted on 11/03/2007 at 10:11:00 PM

 
I will have to look up the definition of article. I think of newspapers and magazines when I hear the word; so I suppose I think of AC articles as being "professional journalism" by novice writers. Perhaps AC should call our stuff "Content" rather than articles. Anyway, I did not get "personal from blogging" and prosperity in blogging. I think of Dreahwrites as an author, not a blogger. Thus I was confused by your response to the other CP. There are some CPs that are earning some good money from AC.

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Posted on 11/03/2007 at 10:11:00 PM

 
That is tacky and not an article. I was disappointed, because I had another 1/2 dozen of her articles I wanted to read and refused to do so. I also do not like being tricked into reading jokes. They are basically ruled out by AC guidelines. If it were "My Favorite Jokes" it might work as an article. Opinion pieces blur the line between blog and article (here at AC). "So & So is a scumbag" does not qualify as article in my eyes. AC allows self-publishing, so it does not mean the "article" was editor approved.

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Posted on 11/03/2007 at 10:11:00 PM

 
"Vote for me at this contest" with a link, is a blog entry not an article. An article would inform readers what the contest is about; ya know, some details. AC's Submission Guidelines say articles must be 400 words in length. A much less than 400 word, two paragraph rant about something, in my eyes, is a "blog entry" not an article. I was enjoying reading one CP's articles when I clicked on a title about networking. It was about two sentences saying she needed help promoting her articles and would we visit her (I think) My Space site.

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Posted on 11/03/2007 at 10:11:00 PM

 
hmmm, the article you linked to isn't available anymore. Judging by the title, I could see why AC might remove it, though. Anyhow, since I can't relate to the article, not having read it, I'll just say something about articles and blogs. I feel that some blogs are worth posting on AC and could actually be considered articles, but I don't think all blogs belong on AC because AC isn't a blog. It's an article site. However, when I blog about something I think would fit well on AC, I edit and format it to look more professional. Sometimes when I blog, I use improper grammar, such as "LOL", "JK", etc. I wouldn't want to post that on AC. However, if I were to ever quote a blog, I'd leave it as is for quoting purposes.

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Posted on 11/01/2007 at 11:11:00 PM

 
I personally have trouble seeing the differences between "blogs" and "articles" (except that 'articles' are "approved by the publisher" and 'blogs' are "jounal-entries made public"). Often-times, a 'journal-entry' will seem highly-'approvable.' It's odd that AC doesn't indicate that status on each article's page (e.g. this entry is an 'Exclusive Blog-Entry,' rather than an Exclusive- or NonExclusive-"Article.")

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Posted on 10/30/2007 at 11:10:00 AM

 
I don't get it. : > AC is about articles, not blogging, although I have found many things that belong on blogs not here. Of course AC is in it to make money, and if they do not make money we do not get paid. With the exception of one "Call for Content" article that I did, they are the ones with the least pageviews, go figure. I definitely relate to that comment on comments; I often think, I should just write my own article, because I do get windy on them.

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Posted on 10/30/2007 at 8:10:00 AM

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