A Lot Has Changed Since 2017

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I am searching for a post I think I made here a long time ago, and to do that I've been reviewing all my post titles going backwards from today. My myLot posts are the closest thing to a journal I have. They help me remember many things I've forgotten and supply forgotten details of events I do remember. As I read backwards, I'm seeing comments about sites I once joined and have since forgotten about. I've stopped being active on other sites I did post on frequently. I stopped using Clickasnap when they disabled the right click. I know why they did it, but it's just too hard for me to navigate the site the way I used to without being able to right-click to open a page in a new tab. I did like the site before that. On 10/22/17 I wrote wondering if Virily could last much longer. It has. It's still up. Maybe I got inactive too soon. On 9/15/17 Niume had just stopped paying and was on its way out. On 5/4/16 BlogJob stopped paying bloggers, but I believe many still blog there. And, of course, Bubblews died, bringing many of you here. In April 2015, myLot was resurrected. I had never deleted all my posts while it was "hibernating," so most are still here. Then there is a big gap in my posts between 4/25/13 and 8/4/15 during the time myLot was under new ownership and most of us disappeared. On 4/26/17 I was all excited and addicted to Vocabulary.com. That lasted about a month before I got too busy to visit the site. While I've been on myLot I've have had several root canal procedures, and two cataract surgeries. In 2014 I had both foot and neck surgery. What I've listed above are the objective things. Everything else, from my first post on 8/23/11 until now, is much more personal. Have you ever looked back at your myLot history? I'm going to start backing up anything I want to remember that I didn't backup and delete in 2013. I'm not planning to delete anything, but these days you can't depend on any site remaining forever. I never did find the post I was looking for. I must have written it on Bubblews during the time myLot was deserted. In case you wonder where I've been, I have returned to Medium because one can earn money there now. But the environment is much different and more complicated and I'm trying to find my way around, submit work to its various publications, and read a lot of posts by others to see whom to follow. Medium has a very interesting payment plan. Some people have made a lot in a very short time, but I suspect they are the people who already are famous. Many famous people contribute there right along with us amateurs. To make money there you just about have to pay money. Membership is $5 a month or $50 a year if you pay it up front. Only members can put posts behind the pay wall. Only members can read more than three articles a month that are behind the paywall. The money members pay to join the Partnership Program is distributed to the authors whose work they have interacted with. So the site, unlike most sites, is not dependent on advertising to make money to pay the writers. I know some people who are making as much on Medium as they are on HubPages now. I've been back for two weeks, and so far I've made a whole 42 cents of estimated income. The real total for my three weeks of work will come next week. I'll be very happy if I make back the $5 I paid for membership for the month. They say it takes money to make money. That seems to be true on Medium. Like all content sites, the more you have published, the more you will probably make. I put up a few old Persona Paper posts a couple of years ago because someone said I should join Medium. It didn't pay anything then, so I didn't really go to much effort. I've deleted some of those now to focus on articles that might earn me something. The site is very time intensive -- especially while I'm trying to reestablish myself. There's only one person there I know from HubPages and everyone else whose work I've seen is new to me. I guess that's good, because they haven't heard all my stories yet. Now I'd better go search my Bubblews backups for the article I'm chasing. I want to rewrite it for Medium. The trouble with writing for so many sites that come and go is that you can know you wrote something a couple of years ago and not remember what site you wrote it for. I try to keep records, but sometimes I forget. Have you ever posted anything on Medium? If so, are you still active there? Have you even visited the site? Besides myLot, do you have any favorite sites you contribute to? What major life changes have you experienced since you've been on myLot?