To Be or Not To Be Deleted
By AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16679)
Boston, Massachusetts
September 21, 2015 11:50am CST
I decided that I would look through my archive at that other site and see if I wanted to delete some old posts. I specifically wanted to delete any creative writing like flash fiction.
What a task. There are pages and pages of posts, and I don't want to delete anything after the date that I last requested payment. I figured I wouldn't give them any reason to say it reduced my requested payment.
My goodness, 1863 posts is a lot to look through. And as I see them, and sometimes remember them, I wish to take them back but I don't know why. I can't re-use them. They were the thoughts of that day, not today's thoughts. I can't borrow my feelings of the past and paste them up as if they were new. They belong to the day they were written.
I don't know what I am going to do about the other site yet. I want my payment. I don't want to u se these posts elsewhere and yet, I want my words. I just have no use for them.
What are you doing? Delete or not delete? Wait and see? Stalk off in rightfully-felt anger? Stick around until the very end? To be or not to be? Is that even the question?
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30 responses
@Marilynda1225 (82839)
• United States
21 Sep 15
I'm not deleting anything from the other place and I visit there once a day. Being the eternal optimist I'm always hoping for a resurgence there
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@jstory07 (139816)
• Roseburg, Oregon
21 Sep 15
I am sticking around waiting for my $50 and than I will decide on what I should do.
@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
22 Sep 15
I'm getting ready to reach final payout. I have 19.09 to go. So I'm going to see if I can kick it in overdrive and see what happens. Now that I have my writing abilities flowing back (because of the time of year). I will hang out there until the end probably.
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@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
22 Sep 15
@OneOfMany Well, that's something anyway. Mine is over 90 days now.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
22 Sep 15
@Rollo1 Yes, I understand that. I think Horse said that he got his payment from 40 days ago. Although I'm not sure on the time frame.
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@Shyamalaa (525)
• Udaipur, India
22 Sep 15
You seem to be a prolific writer! 
Some writings lose their relevance with time, but still you cant abandon them!
Some writings lose their relevance with time, but still you cant abandon them!2 people like this
@TypicalRussian (747)
• Budennovsk, Russian Federation
21 Sep 15
Hey! Happy to see you here:) I feel myself here like on a new planet, so I need time to examine this place in order to find an appropriate territory for landing:)
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@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
21 Sep 15
@TypicalRussian Read the rules first, don't make any mistakes because you didn't read them. It's a great place.
@Gina145 (3949)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
22 Sep 15
I made copies of all my posts a long time ago, so my big issue with deleting posts has been the fact that I wanted to save some of the better comments, though I believe many are missing now. I already deleted some of my most personal posts months ago, but couldn't be bothered to finish the job. I'd like to do it though, even if there are a lot of posts I can't use. I just can't see myself ever getting money from them again, and it's starting to sound like nobody will.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
22 Sep 15
If you mean Bubbles - I had over 3,000 and del. over 1,000 - it just takes so long.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
21 Sep 15
I am deleting some, if I can ever get to them, because I want to rewrite and reuse, and I don't want to lose them if the site goes titanic.
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@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
22 Sep 15
@Jessicalynnt If I didn't have an outstanding redemption, that is what I would do. Just start at the most recent and keep going. I suppose I could do that back to June, but then I need to leave the ones from January to June. It's complicated.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
22 Sep 15
@Rollo1 I figured I'd start with the most recent and start deleting. Yeah I have nine dollars sitting there, but really, am I ever going to make it to 50? I really doubt it.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
22 Sep 15
i wonder such myself - leave 'em, delete 'em, remove 'm 's much 's possible from the web. what's one to do? what's the protocol fer such? i've thought'f takin' down the personal 'uns 'n leavin' the rest. i've many regrets'n gettin' involved in the first place. but, then i'd not met folks such's yerself. a trade-off 'f sorts?
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
22 Sep 15
@Rollo1 kinda feels a bit toxic, don't it? 
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@HebrewGreekStudies (1646)
• Canada
11 Nov 15
Oh the other place...well, I actually just requested that they delete my account there. And they didn't. Go figure:/
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@HebrewGreekStudies (1646)
• Canada
11 Nov 15
@Rollo1 kinda like in hotel California...you can check out anytime you like, but can never leave;(
@Lady_Justice (969)
• United States
22 Sep 15
Wow, I can't believe this is still going on. I'm glad I missed the Bubblews train (or should I say train wreck?), but I feel bad for everyone who got burned. I've been there too many times.
I don't think I'd remove anything until after you see if they pay you. Good luck!
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