Increase in declines for upfront payment??

I've been writing for AC for almost a year now, I think, and though I haven't written much lately, I would say that I've gotten rejections on proportionally more of my articles. I had one rejected a couple of weeks ago for being "too common of knowledge" or something like that. I'm a little nervous right now because I'm working on a series of articles that would be a new area for AC, but I'm not even sure they're going to accept them. Also, they're articles that I plan to submit non-exclusive, as I have another site where I want to put them as well... so I'm crossing my fingers that AC will pay me for them, rather than asking me to submit them for no pay...

I guess I just write here for fun...though that has dropped off a great deal lately..too much dross and not enough inspirational response to my comments. Writing for money doesn't mean hoping to get three or four dollars, that buys nothing in the West!

I used to write for AC all the time until I started getting decline notices left and right and what not. I ended up submitting some pieces for free because they kept saying these were common pieces of information that were known by all. And that similar pieces were already published. However, when I did searches, I didn't find anything similiar on the site. I used to love AC because it really was the bulk of my income online and I was making some cash, enough to help pay for things for myself and not have to rely on refund money from school and what not. Now, I don't write as much because I can't depend on AC to actually find my content worthwhile. I think they're really moving away from what they were to something completely different that I don't like.

It seems like all of a sudden im being turned down for articals as well. Ive written quite a few and get good page views and good upfront payments. I think it has to do more with how popular they are becoming really.

I have heard complaints among some of the writers who write AC articles. I am too new there myself to know firsthand. But I wasn't happy about the "we are no longer going to pay for any news that is not unique" notice. I don't have the contacts necessary to create completely new material, and if I did I would be marketing it someplace else. The paranoid part of me says it is because they are trying to avoid shelling out money for things that they can get people to submit for free.