@kaka135 I think that on FB groups the control of spam is a matter of having a consistent presence and a strong sense of community. This is why during our initial phase, my group is closed. I control everyone who joins, and nobody is allowed in without proof of current writing activity. This will continue to be the case once we take the group…[Read more]

@kaka135 I feel that each of us must decide whether or not to participate on a site, based on our own reading of the TOS and our gut feeling about the site. It’s good to look out for our own best interests, and I have actually avoided certain sites because I felt they demanded too many rights in exchange for too low a compensation.

But I draw a…[Read more]

@peachpurple Copyright is automatically assigned to you as creator of any work, when you create it. This is an international concept that is accepted in a multitude of countries around the world. If the terns of us for any paid to write or work for hire site do not mention copyright, then you retain full rights under the law.

I have just reread…[Read more]

@morgoodie I think the worst thing a site can do is to panic about the imbalance between revenues and user earnings that must be paid. Whenever a paid to site ends up in trouble, it’s because the owner has overestimated revenues and underestimated how much users will earn in points for writing, page views, tasks, etc. Inevitably, instead of…[Read more]