I've earned $92.83 on a single article!!

I didn't even notice the number of shares it had on Facebook and Twitter... that could pose an issue, as I know for sure that they've denied payments to some users they suspect have abused the social networking share feature. Those users were cross-posting the same tweets about their articles on multiple Twitter accounts, though, so hopefully they will see that the number of shares @carben44 has received seem to be legitimate ones from gamers who are interested in news of the new Fallout game.

I already had a pending payment (I requested Monday), and haven't received any word yet... I'm starting to think I'm not going to get my $25 I originally requested, let alone the (now $133) from this article. If I don't get paid, I may have to brand it as a scam, simply because this is all legitimate traffic

@carben44 Payments do take some time because moderators do check your posts and account for things like plagiarism and fraudulent 'enhancement' of views. Many people HAVE been paid, so you can't legitimately say it's a 'scam' simply because you weren't - especially as the definition of 'scam' involves defrauding you of money which you had actually paid the scammer. I (and several others) can see that your traffic appears to be quite legitimate and results from something unexpectedly going 'viral'. Whether 'Admin' and moderators will see it in the same light is a different matter - I just wish that Bubblews were a little more up-front with their 'rules', although, in fact, it would be quite difficult to formulate rules which took into account situations like this. If they don't agree to pay you for this article, then I think you may have cause for complaint but if you start calling the site a 'scam' because of it, you will be unlikely to get any redress at all! I have seen this 'viral' effect happen to another article (I'm afraid I have forgotten which article it was and who posted it) and I don't know what happened in that case - whether the person was paid or whether the number of views was 'moderated' in some way. It is certainly something exceptional and one which the present system of payment is really not designed to cope with. You cannot reasonably expect a site to bankrupt itself just because something exceptional happens! I just hope that, between you and Bubblews, you can come to a mutually acceptable arrangement.

I disagree now! They have not paid me for the article linked in this post. I have clearly followed the rules they just don't want to pay me the $170 earned from this one, and the $65 for the other. Both went viral, and no rule was broken... So tell me, is it still legit?

@carben44 I'm going to be honest... I looked at some of your articles and checked for plagiarized content and stuff, and you look legit, to me... The only 2 things i can say is that you give no credit to the pictures you use. Of course, if it's your face on there it's cool, you look nice... But you have game pictures and this other post a money picture, and there are no credits given as to where you got those pictures. Even Arvind gives credit to pictures, and he owns the site... The second thing is i've noticed that on some of your articles you have like 40+ Facebook shares, now i don't have any statistics in front of me, but if those shares were done by you, then that could also be a problem... And to answer your question (i know it's an as****e answer): "So tell me, is it still legit?" It is to me... :/ I do really hope you get paid.. Hate to see a pretty girl unhappy :p

@carben44 - This article is not mine, so i am not trying to get any views by posting it... But look at rule number 3. I just found out about this a few days ago... It's about the social media shares, and the rule comes straight from bubblews support...

You are quite incorrect. The majority of members of Bubblews that abide by the rules DO get paid! There are a very large number of members who haven't been paid simply because they have broken the rules. Yes, you have seen many 'complaints' but just a minute or two looking at the profiles of those who complain so loudly will show you that they have very clearly ignored the rules.

@owlwings There are those who have obviously disobeyed rules and those that may have subtly disobeyed the rules without knowing it?

I haven't violated the rules, and they aren't paying me!!!

I didn't get paid for this! Avoid the site. Admin is ignorant and do not answer!

I'm starting to agree... It's been 5 days now, and nothing...