When I was just starting to blog via social blogging platform which is not in this site but from a website way back from 2013, a social blogging site, that is what we call it back then which at first I thought was heaven -sent for me for the reason that I am already a dialysis patient at that time I can't really possibly find work nor I am qualified for any work whatsoever, but from that site I can make $16 dollars a day with only my hands and a little brain power plus my time as my investment although it is still hard to do considering that I was doing it till my body wants to rest already.
That place in the Internet in those years is called "Bubblews, short name from bubble news" which should be a place for people to interact normally and also just abiding by the site's basic rules which is a basic forum rules like not to plagiarize texts, photos, and all that until people just did not paid attention to it especially in the text side of blogging where the spammers would use translated texts and view, comment, and like other users posts.
Many had gone away with it which bankrupted the coffers of Bubblews because their business model aims to make revenue from ad impressions of users are doing when they visits other people's blogs and do comments plus likes which should be paid one cent per visit. But most of the users are not coming from Europe or US which is why Bubblews went under to bankruptcy which was made worse by spammers leaching out money from the website.
That is why many users are stuck with payments unpaid until the site got abandoned while other users stayed hoping for a comeback that never came.
It is the place where I learned about the aforementioned forum rules especially photo attribution while writing it seems to be so natural for me to do. All that I do is to read people's short posts and tell what are my thoughts and opinions about their subject matter. It is fun to do and in those times I can still type and do Internet things while sitting upright until to the months leading to my difficulty in sitting around for long for the reason that my backbone and my general bone health went downhill.
Anyway, when I was just starting to blog in Bubblews, I used a screenshot copy of a man being carried via a wheelchair with part of his leg blown-off with the bone showing. That event in Boston marathon bombing was my first blog post and I was in high spirits that my blog will at least be interesting for other people or users to visit, like, and comment. It is followed by other blog posts that earned until I came to the threshold of $25 accumulated dollars payout where I can request for a payout.
However, the payout didn't came and they cited the pertinent reason, I used a non-free, non-attributed photo, a photo that is basically owned by a news agency because I took a screenshot of one news sources video. I learned the lesson from it and continued to use the site because I was able to make earnings from that point onwards until the Bubblews faded-away and let to expire. About three years later I joined Steemit from a person in chat talking about Steemit all the time, I got curious, I saw that this was a blogging site and made an account because I have some experience in doing blogs. I was able to join during Steemit's high times and then I got lucky, until now. 😀👍
We easily commit plagiarism without being aware of it and we all learned once how to work and mention sources.
I never heard of that platform but know those I used all went bankrupt though I never got paid there except for one years later and the reason I stopped is because I cannot work on it with my phone. I find it a pity since here are Dutch writers and good support for stories, poetry and writing together. There I was asked to join Steemit since Steemit needed good writers. We went with a group and most left after 2 weeks. They didn't found the support and Steemit is too difficult, more like a labyrinth.
I am the one who left and it's not as hoped for. The lack of interaction is why the good writers and artists I know left. They won't return since they have better platforms for like minded and can talk to me elsewhere as well.
Thanks for sharing your experiences, it's a pity they didn't explain you earlier what was not acceptable.
I am happy you are on Steemit, you have a lot to share and proof that nothing is impossible if you want it.
I hope more lucky times will lay ahead.
A good weekend to you and your parents.
P. S. Your friend is still on Steemit?
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I lost contact to the one that encouraged to join Bubblews later, we got acquainted vi a local forum website and in that website there is a section for almost anything like how to make money from this and that site. We got involved in a Facebook app crowdsourcing work which is a site that I first my first dollar paid via PayPal, he was also the one that made a tutorial about how to make an account in Paypal and linking a local debit card to it.
His account in Facebook is his not his personal account and hos forum account still remains to be anonymous and I also forgot his Facebook account as it got abandoned already.
It is quite surprising that he wasn't able to make money out from Bubblews believe it or not because I guess that writing is not his thing. But for me, it is the only thing that I can do and so I just ceased every hour of almost everyday except when I needed to eat, sleep, use the bathroom and attend church. That is why I had a great success compared to others but with a bit of luck when the Bubblews finance officer, the one that does the payout had posted asking users to post their hung payments and I was online on that crucial moment, I replied my pending payments which was paid but one or two.
After that, the payments ceased because Bubblews's business became unsustainable already, maybe right from the start. I was able to buy a refrigerator replacing our refrigerator bought from 1982 and a 32 inches LED TV which is now not working anymore.
But the money I was able to earn from it just helped me with my medical expenses plus I bought some BTC with it too when BTC was just around $210 dollars. All of these things are my gateway to discovering Steemit in the end Miss @wakeukitty @steemcurator07 and my history is still being written.
It is indeed a fact that whatever we do in life we just needed support even in "real life" because we just cannot live alone, we needed to belong so something or someone because it is a natural thing that life is hard in many aspects and being alone will make it hard for us to continue or else we will give-up just like of many hundreds of users of Steemit and only those that was able to establish themselves are able to continue which are those that loved this platform, the OG of blockchain social media, where dreams comes true and more than we can ask for sometimes with the help and mercy of God. 😀👍
Enjoy the weekends now and as always I appreciate your love and support.
May God bless you always Miss @wakeupkitty
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