Is Bubblews Getting Nervous?
@RichardMeister (5328)
Otis Orchards, Washington
November 4, 2015 5:50pm CST
I just took a trip over to Bubblews to snoop around a bit. I decided to take a look at my bank. I haven’t written anything over there for nineteen days yet my bank has jumped twenty cents. Why is this so unusual? It took me seven months to earn one dollar and two cents. Why the jump in pay when I haven’t even been doing anything?
I also noticed Nameless took down her, “Out until further notice.” There are no new posts by her, but the notice is gone.
Has Bubblews noticed the massive exit of many of their members? Are they trying to up the pay to bring members back? Have they convinced Nameless to go back to work? Is Bubblews getting nervous–afraid they are hemorrhaging too many members?
It just strikes me funny that over the last seven months–up to nineteen days ago–I posted nearly fifty posts, which included one featured post, that I only earned one dollar and two cents. Now, without posting anything for the last nineteen days nor having any new comments on my posts, I’ve earned twenty cents.
The only thing I can figure out is Bubblews is trying to bring back members they have lost by upping the pay. Something is going on over there, but frankly I don’t care. I’ve all but washed my hands of that site.
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19 responses
@FourWalls (67412)
• United States
5 Nov 15
Business 101 says that it's much more difficult to win back a customer lost for whatever reasons than to keep that customer. And the old saying goes, "Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me." I think too many people have seen the ugly side of Bubblews and have found better, legitimate sites to spend time on.
It's coming up on the anniversary of the "we won't pay redemptions made before this day" day (November 11), and I wonder if they are looking back on that decision with remorse.
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@antonbunot (11093)
• Calgary, Alberta
5 Nov 15
I think it is just a matter of time . . the site, I believe, shall disappear . . . and Arvind taking with him all our unpaid earnings.
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
5 Nov 15
@fourwalls - absolutely true. And bad news spreads much faster than good.
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@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
5 Nov 15
@tallawah In that case, MyLot should (and, no doubt, does) consider itself very fortunate. It upset many members back in 2013 but a large number have, nevertheless, come back (and rightly so). I am wondering whether, if Bubblews turns itself around - and maybe announces that it's "under new management" - the same thing might not happen.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
5 Nov 15
true. i remember there were members who experienced cancelled e-checks.
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
5 Nov 15
@hereandthere there are no depths those guys won't sink to.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
5 Nov 15
@boiboing i never even knew paypal offered e-checks since i've never been paid that way before.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16750)
• China
5 Nov 15
They surely have noticed the exodus of their members .It seems to be too late for them to remedy it .There is no vulture like despair.
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@antonbunot (11093)
• Calgary, Alberta
5 Nov 15
No, I don't think they are paying us more now. Did you go over all your unread notifications?
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
5 Nov 15
Yes, I have had only ten notifications over the last 19 days.
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@GardenGerty (160491)
• United States
11 Nov 15
I check in to show others some support. I had noticed I am still earning, did not worry about it too much.
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@slund2041 (3314)
• United States
5 Nov 15
I have not left the site, but have not been active in the past week or so. I will go back there, just busy right now. I am enjoying myself here.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50097)
• United States
5 Nov 15
I really hate what has happened with Bubblews.
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@softbabe44 (5816)
• Vancouver, Washington
5 Nov 15
They might be trying to make some what of a come back.
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@jrlcentral (2605)
• Roxas, Philippines
5 Nov 15
I can't even remember my bubblews account information anymore heheh
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
5 Nov 15
I left all my posts up. Maybe I got more readers instead of likes and comments.
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@much2say (55354)
• Los Angeles, California
7 Nov 15
Interesting - did more folks respond to your posts? I haven't checked the bank in eons - and I just did. I don't think it moved at all for me. I suppose I could jump right back in and get active again - but even if I made it all the way to 50, the possibility of actually getting it would be pretty slim. So nah, I'm not motivated anymore. And if "they" are feeling motivated to fix the site back up again, well, it's too little too late now.
@Cristi_Ichim (3741)
• Bucharest, Romania
5 Nov 15
I have no idea about that as I have not checked them anyways
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@Sheilamarie78 (2586)
• Canada
5 Nov 15
That is strange. I just checked my account and it's gone up a penny since yesterday. Time to write a new post.
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@JustEmm (148)
• United States
5 Nov 15
I think them being on autopilot is more like it. The banks are growing but other wild things are happening like getting 4-5 likes in a row on a comment by same person, getting followed by someone who has NO posts only shared ones, or writing in Arabic...
