What are your thoughts about the imminent shutdown of Persona Paper?

@pauliek (287)
Udon Thani, Thailand
January 30, 2016 9:20pm CST
After logging on to Persona Paper this morning, I learned from the owner of the site that Persona Paper will be closing due to lack of ad revenue to pay its writers. I have been blogging on Persona Paper for just over a year and fortunately received my first pay out of $20 about two weeks ago. The site is still not sure which members who have already just cashed out or are close to cashing out will receive their money. This will depend on the amount of ad revenue Persona Paper receives in February. What do you think about Persona Paper shutting down. It certainly isn't the first site to recently fold.
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@Jackalyn (7558)
• Oxford, England
31 Jan 16
I am really sad. I liked it there. I guess though, if they could not make the site pay, then they couldn'the.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
31 Jan 16
@Jackalyn It is nice that we could keep in contact here.
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@pauliek (287)
• Udon Thani, Thailand
31 Jan 16
@Jackalyn . Yes, it is truly saddening that Persona Paper will be closing. I made a lot of good friends there and I will miss them.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
31 Jan 16
I am sad, I was no more active there, I joined in 2014 and I appreciated the attitude of the owners. This is the 3rd site for which I wrote that is shutting down, the first has been Squidoo, followed by Bubblews and now Persona, I forgot CGP Gallery, but they were cheaters.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
31 Jan 16
@LadyDuck About CGP Gallery,the less said the better,I think.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
31 Jan 16
@LadyDuck I remember you writing at Persona Paper.But you stopped writing after some days.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
31 Jan 16
@silvermist Absolutely, it's better to forget about them.
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• Preston, England
31 Jan 16
sad that they are going. It is a lovely site though always rather slow to earn and share traffic on - I'll miss it
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
31 Jan 16
@pauliek Hello,Paulie,I knew this was going to happen.When the site owners are absent and never respond,we have to expect this.Not forgetting they did pay who reached pay out.You know what a strain it is to reach that pay out of $20 there.Hope you have a good time here.
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• Preston, England
31 Jan 16
@pauliek I had the same username I use here
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
31 Jan 16
@pauliek Yes,you were lucky.I had sent a message,it seems you had not received it.I am Calmgemini.
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@pauliek (287)
• Udon Thani, Thailand
31 Jan 16
I guess I was fortunate to cash out three weeks ago and already receive my payment. Were on Persona Paper and what was your user name?
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@msiduri (5687)
• United States
31 Jan 16
I am saddened. Not the money, but the interaction and the lack of drama. So few spammers and all that. What few problems of that nature appeared were quickly dealt with and that was nice.
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@pauliek (287)
• Udon Thani, Thailand
31 Jan 16
I won't miss the money as much as the great interaction I had with my PP followers. I am happy to see you here on mylot!
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@msiduri (5687)
• United States
31 Jan 16
@pauliek Happy to see you here as well.
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@AkoPinay (11542)
• Philippines
5 Mar 16
I don't know what to say :) I joined there 2014 but not very active.
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@pauliek (287)
• Udon Thani, Thailand
6 Mar 16
Why weren't you active when you joined Persona Paper?
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@pauliek (287)
• Udon Thani, Thailand
9 Mar 16
@AkoPinay Earnings were very slow and I remember working 4-5 hours per day just to make $0.10.
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@AkoPinay (11542)
• Philippines
6 Mar 16
@pauliek honestly, it was due to low earnings and the site was bit slow on my phone that's why I focused on bitLanders
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@UmiNoor (4523)
• Malaysia
4 Feb 16
I was never really that active on Persona Paper and had never reached payout, in fact. But I'm still quite sad that it is planning to shut down. I think the flaw is in the payment rate. It's just far too high and wasn't in line with the revenue that the site is earning.
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@UmiNoor (4523)
• Malaysia
4 Feb 16
@pauliek I agree. The payment rate is already quite low compared to Bubblews. I think Bubblews spoil it for others. People are expecting to get paid a high rate. I've been writing online for quite a few years before joining Bubblews and I know how difficult it is to earn online writing for other websites. Even with your own website, it's difficult to earn.
@pauliek (287)
• Udon Thani, Thailand
4 Feb 16
If the payment rate had been any lower, I don't think people would have joined PP.
@LeaPea2417 (37334)
• Toccoa, Georgia
31 Jan 16
I am sad and hope I get my payment as I had just hit the cash out button on January 18th.
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@pauliek (287)
• Udon Thani, Thailand
1 Feb 16
I also hope and pray you get your payment as soon as possible!
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
31 Jan 16
I never joined this writing site, so it won't affect me.
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@euphie (573)
• Ballymena, Northern Ireland
31 Jan 16
I didn't really use it that much and most of my articles were re-hashed old Bubblews ones and I never made much money but it's always sad when another site closes down.
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@pauliek (287)
• Udon Thani, Thailand
1 Feb 16
I put a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into Persona Paper and developed some good friendships. I'll miss the people.
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• India
1 Feb 16
It's extremely bad. I just started and didn't write more posts.
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@Telynor (1763)
• United States
9 Feb 16
Like you, very disappointed about PP. I hope to find some of the folks I knew there over here.
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