Were You On Bubblews?

@porwest (90118)
United States
May 11, 2022 1:40pm CST
In reading many responses on a post I wrote about still earning from Bubblews it just made me think—who was there? I was there almost from start to end and there are some people here I recognize from there. But of course I also remember other people from other similar sites too. Funny how I can remember some of them, but not all of them. But I am still curious. Were you on Bubblews? Do you remember me from there? What was your name there?
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@much2say (55562)
• Los Angeles, California
11 May 22
I was SmilePie . I was originally on myLot as much2say . . . when B sunk and people came here, I hyphenated the SmilePie in so people from B would recognize me. B is all a blur now and good because they ticked me off.
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@Aquitaine24 (11813)
• San Jose, California
12 May 22
Why did they tick you off?
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
12 May 22
@much2say People generally refer back to Bubblews (the site) fondly, but the admin very unfavorably, and for good reason. I mean, we all know what we were getting paid was too good to be true. But at the same time the admin kept saying nothing was wrong—unfortunately many people fell for it.
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
12 May 22
@Aquitaine24 Bubblews stiffed a lot of people for money.
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@1creekgirl (41392)
• United States
11 May 22
I was creek girl there, also. I was really disappointed when it closed, but glad someone from here recommended myLot.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
12 May 22
I was too.
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
12 May 22
I can't remember how I learned about MyLot since I know I was at several other sites post-Bubblews before I got here. Niume was one I liked that I stuck around with until it closed.
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
12 May 22
@marlina Niume was one of the ones I really liked next to Bubblews. Of course MyLot is the best one so far.
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@GardenGerty (160626)
• United States
12 May 22
I was there. Not much of a big earner, I did not believe it was sustainable. I do not remember you from there. I am Garden Gerty almost everywhere I go.
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@akalinus (43184)
• United States
23 Jun 22
I remember you, Garden Gertie. I think we talked a bit. Were you on ChatAbout also?
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@TheHorse (218548)
• Walnut Creek, California
6 Feb 23
@porwest And I could tell it was "sleazy" from the time I got there.
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
17 May 22
I am positive I remember you from there as well. It was fun while it lasted, but yes. Not sustainable. The money was great, but it just never made any sense.
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@jobelbojel (35508)
• Philippines
11 May 22
I joined and earned from Bubblews. I remember few members who are also here.
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@jobelbojel (35508)
• Philippines
12 May 22
@porwest I can't remember if I met you on Bubblews. I was also on Nuime and Blogjob.
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
11 May 22
I do think I remember you from there. Just one of those names, I guess.
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
12 May 22
@jobelbojel It could have been Niume. Hmm. They all kind of mix together in my head now. lol
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
12 May 22
I was there from beginning to end. I don’t remember you . I remember very few from Bubblews, I remember DaddyEvil and I believe LadyDuck and someone called Gabby and Crazy Horselady. I’ve about forgotten everyone.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
12 May 22
@porwest That’s the way it is with me. I get the names all confused.
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
13 May 22
@RubyHawk Too many people, too many sites, and an aging memory. It is what it is. lol
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
12 May 22
Somehow I THINK I remember you, but I am not sure. As I have told others in this discussion, I have been on so many sites over the years they all have sort of gotten all mixed together in my head. lol
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@Kandae11 (54986)
11 May 22
I joined in 2013 and l averaged $150 a month. I lost some money and most of my posts when it crashed.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
11 May 22
I used to make about $50.00 every 3 days.
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
11 May 22
I remember a couple of good months like that too @Kandae11. It was surprisingly easy to make money there. There was a woman on there, and for the life of me I can't remember her name. But she swore she was going to make a career out of online stuff and I kept telling her to be careful about that. I have not seen her anywhere after Bubblews.
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@Kandae11 (54986)
11 May 22
@porwest It was too good to be true.
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@sjvg1976 (41281)
• Delhi, India
22 Jun 22
Yes I was there but I earned just $100 from that site and lost $100 on that site.
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@sjvg1976 (41281)
• Delhi, India
23 Jun 22
@porwest I was there for a long time but didn't write much on it. I tried my hands when I heard from the people that the site pays well.
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
23 Jun 22
Yeesh. You must have come into it at just the wrong time. lol
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
23 Jun 22
@sjvg1976 It certainly paid well, but that's of course because they had the pay structure completely wrong. Was nice while it lasted though. lol
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
11 May 22
Yes, I was on Bubblews and wish it was still there.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
11 May 22
@porwest I made quite a few thousand dollars with them. It was interesting that we could put links to Amazon and get a certain percentage of the sales.
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
12 May 22
@marlina I forgot about the Amazon links, but you are right. You were also allowed to post links to other of our work—something I wish MyLot would let us do, but I understand why they don't. Interestingly enough I do not recall many people abusing that over at Bubblews, although they did not do as good a job of policing spammers over there.
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
11 May 22
I will admit that I did really like the site, and not just because of the money. But I also cannot say the money was a real incentive over there. I was sorry to see it go. But I knew for a long time the writing was on the wall. It was insane money and there was no way they could keep up with it. I never had a problem getting paid until the very end. But I know posts about "where's my money" were very, very common.
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@JudyEv (339576)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 May 22
I joined early in 2013 under the same name. I don't remember too many names from there. LadyDuck and DeborahDiane are two I remember.
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
13 May 22
I am sure I probably talked to them there as well, including you. Just can't remember. They all sort of mix together these days. Too many people and too many sites. lol
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@Shiva49 (26665)
• Singapore
12 May 22
No, but was on Associated Content, Yahoo Contributor Network, Wikinut, and Bukisa. I recall many lovely people with whom I had good interactions.
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@Shiva49 (26665)
• Singapore
13 May 22
@TheSojourner Good to know. Were you there with the same name? I started with AC over twelve years ago.
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@Shiva49 (26665)
• Singapore
13 May 22
@porwest Associated Content was based in Denver, Colorado, and was sold to Yahoo at a purported sum of $100 million for 2 million posts ie $50 per post. One could earn $2 for 1000 views and some could have made over $1000 per month. A couple of my posts hit a few thousand views within hours of posting. Wikinut was based in the UK and Bukisa in Israel. They all became inactive over time.
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
12 May 22
@Shiva49 I may have heard of Associated Content but was never on there. The others are new to me.
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@NJChicaa (119543)
• United States
11 May 22
Yes I was on the site. My friend @freak369 earned THOUSANDS of dollars on her Candy Crush posts and received none of them. I did well there but knew that the site wasn't going to last for very long. I miss Epinions. I made bank there.
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
17 May 22
Terrible she never saw any of the money. I was always paid until the very end, then they ate my last payment. The money over there was insane.
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
7 Feb 23
@TheHorse Were you able to save any of the pieces? I tend to save quite a lot of even the mundane stuff I write. Eventually it gets incorporated into longer pieces for places like HubPages or other sites.
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• Defuniak Springs, Florida
11 May 22
I was there. I was ifish42 LOL
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• Defuniak Springs, Florida
12 May 22
@porwest I was fairly active there in 2013-2014. I remember because I was on Bubblews at the hospital after giving birth lol
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
12 May 22
@thislittlepennyearns That is definitely something you would remember quite clearly. lol
@porwest (90118)
• United States
12 May 22
Hmm. I don't remember anyone by that name...but it is quite possible we ran into each other a time or two for sure. lol
13 May 22
I never join Bubblews at all. I was on another site and they kept talking about this great site Bubblews. When I wanted to learn more about it, the site had closed down already. I was also on Associated Content, and that didn't sustain too. So far, myLot is the long reigning one.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
13 May 22
Yes, it looks like MyLot is the winner for long time.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
16 May 22
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16 May 22
@marlina Slow and steady, yes..
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• Indonesia
15 Feb 23
I don't know what Bubblews is. I just hear it now. Can you tell me little about Bubblews @DaddyEvil?
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
15 Feb 23
Bubblews was a site where you could write small articles or just talk with your friends about different things, sort of like myLot... But Bubblews promised more money to the people there than they were actually making. Some people made a lot of money there before the site crashed.
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
15 Feb 23
@astutimeliana723 Bubbs closed down years ago.
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• Indonesia
15 Feb 23
@DaddyEvil Are you still active there?
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@celticeagle (166761)
• Boise, Idaho
12 May 22
I was on Bubblews for two or three years. For sure from 2013-2015 and then up to the end. I believe I used the name "Celticeagle" on there or some derivative of Eve York. I still have some copies of my posts from there. Not sure I recall many from there. Sorry.
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@celticeagle (166761)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Feb 23
@TheHorse ............I have been using that for many years.
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@TheHorse (218548)
• Walnut Creek, California
6 Feb 23
I remember "Celticeagle." I am not sure what I was called on Bubblews.
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
9 Feb 23
I am sure I remember you from there. Some people I instantly recognize and others not so much. But like I said, I have been on a lot of other former sites and it is hard to keep track of who I first met where.
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@LeaPea2417 (37350)
• Toccoa, Georgia
12 May 22
Yes I was there and was the same username as here.
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@akalinus (43184)
• United States
23 Jun 22
I remember you, too.
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
12 May 22
I do seem to vaguely recall you from there. I have been on so many sites though they are all starting to mix together in my head. lol
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@moffittjc (121548)
• Gainesville, Florida
15 May 22
I was on B for years before migrating over to myLot. My user name was the same on both sites.
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@moffittjc (121548)
• Gainesville, Florida
18 May 22
@porwest It’s funny, because when I migrated over to myLot, I already knew many of the members from our time at myLot together. But now, I probably couldn’t name 2-3 people I knew on Bubblews. My brain can’t remember that far back! Lol
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
18 May 22
@moffittjc Same here. Weird. lol
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
17 May 22
Gosh, so many people that were there, I was extremely active there, and don't remember any of you. Well, a couple of you. But still. Ugh. lol
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@TheHorse (218548)
• Walnut Creek, California
6 Feb 23
I was there but I forget what I was called there. I wonder if Avi Dixit is wearing orange by now.
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@TheHorse (218548)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Feb 23
@porwest Honestly, that's what I think too. You know I am not a political Conservative. But I am a bit conservative when it comes to...the people you associate with. The parties they shared online, with bimbos and...I don't know who else...with us paying for it/them (don't get me wrong--I made some dirty dollars there too) were just vulgar, and showed the kind of people they were.
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@TheHorse (218548)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 Feb 23
@porwest In one of my more "conspiracy theory" moments, I wondered if they weren't getting "dirty" money from a certain country to which we sent soldiers in the 1960s and 1970s. Remember that many of the plagiarizers who were never busted came from there.
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
7 Feb 23
I am SURE I remember you from there as well. At least, there was a Horse guy. But I am not sure if it was you or not. Either way, I am sure we ran into each other. I was called Porwest there too, so MAYBE you remember me from there? As for the powers that be, I think they skated off nicely and unscathed. Crooks.
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@LindaOHio (178131)
• United States
12 May 22
I was there; but I did not know you there. I am LindaOH just about everywhere.
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
12 May 22
Yeah, I don't remember you either. It's possible we probably did talk but who knows? I was extremely active there. Even more active than I am here.
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@LindaOHio (178131)
• United States
13 May 22
@porwest It was a nice steady extra income....I only made $50 a month; but that was eating out $$ and was quite enough!
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
17 May 22
@LindaOHio I am still flabbergasted by the money I made on Bubblews. I mean, if it would have been successful (but of course it never could have been) and continued, I imagine it could have gotten very interesting.
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• Rupert, Idaho
12 May 22
Oh yeah, Bubblews - I was there too. I may have gone by the name I use here. I used PoeticEnigma back in the day too so it could have been that lol
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
12 Feb 23
@MommyOfEli2013 It seems highly likely that was the case.
@porwest (90118)
• United States
9 Feb 23
I suspect, as active as I was there, we PROBABLY ran into each other. Even among the people who do not remember me and that I do not remember, I am SURE we had some exchange at some point. It seems impossible we didn't.
• Rupert, Idaho
10 Feb 23
@porwest I was really active too there....so either way we probably did run into each other lol
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