Hub Hopper Retired

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   Christy Kirwanposted 7 years ago

   Hi all, I have a quick announcement today to let everyone know that the community Hub Hopper has been retired. You will no longer see the option to Hop some Hubs in your My Account page. We'd also like to offer a big thank you to all the helpful Hubbers who have Hopped Hubs over the years. Your willingness to work hard for the good of the community is deeply appreciated. Happy Hubbing!

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      kenneth averyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      @Christy "Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

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         kenneth averyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         @Christy, again, I beg of you, give this decision some more thinking. This tool was very valuable to be able to help others.

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            Jesse Drzalposted 7 years agoin reply to this

            Kenneth, there is a crowdsource labor site called Mechanical Turk. One of the work tasks there is you read and rate Hubpages articles and get paid a few bucks for your time as well. It basically works the same as the Hub hopper. You have to take a qualification test to do it and you only get one shot to pass it. Maybe give it a look.

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               TIMETRAVELER2posted 7 years agoin reply to this

               Don't think it's "a few bucks"...more like 5 cents an article or thereabouts.

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                  Jesse Drzalposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                  You can easily make a ''few bucks'' over a reasonable amount of time. There are better tasks there. There are worse tasks there also. It does not work by articles either T2. You do a ''group'' of them and you get 50 cents for a hit or whatever it is now.

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                     TIMETRAVELER2posted 7 years agoin reply to this

                     Doesn't sound like much to me.  I'd rather work on my articles.

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                        Jesse Drzalposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                        That's fine. I've been working on my qualifications and hits complete percentages for the past two years. So my results are a little different and way better than most.

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                        Jesse Drzalposted 7 years agoin reply to this

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                           Jesse Drzalposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                           And to be honest, working on Hubs is way more fun. Turk is super tedious.

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                              TIMETRAVELER2posted 7 years agoin reply to this

                              Bingo!!

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                                 Jesse Drzalposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                                 I would love to find a way to make some cash off of Bingo..perhaps run some adverts on Bingo cards.

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               kenneth averyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

               @Jesse,
               Thanks so much. Now. Do I just search it via Google or via
               www.merchaniclturk.com/

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                  Jesse Drzalposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                  Not a problem my friend. That link is broke. Just google it.

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               Marie Flintposted 6 years agoin reply to this

               I tried Mechanical Turk just yesterday to re-take the qualification test to evaluate Hubs, but the link to the test tells me that I'm not allowed! Go figure.

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      Ashish Dadgaaposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      @Christy Kirwan,
      
      Ohhhh I will miss it. I did Hub Hopping for last six months.

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      galleryofgraceposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      and another one bites the dust

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      Terrielynn1posted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Awe, there were some days I enjoyed hoping hubs. Oh well, goodbye hopper.

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      DzyMsLizzyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Ah--I suspected as much.  I went looking for it the other day, thinking perhaps the button had been altered or moved, but no luck; it just wasn't there.
      
      Mixed feelings about it.  I didn't use it often, but when I did, it was interesting.  I read some good stuff, some mediocre stuff, and some just plain garbage.

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   Jesse Drzalposted 7 years ago

   Ahh the good 'ole Hub Hopper. My mind will never be same after some of the stuff I read on there. Buh bye..

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      lobobrandonposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      lol. If it were that bad I never read it. But I did hop some a few years ago.

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      Will Apseposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Lol. It was grim business when you realized just how bad the bulk of the stuff was.

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   jansharesposted 7 years ago

   It was interesting to read and evaluate hubs once upon a time. Bye now, Hub Hopper.

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   Sherry Hewinsposted 7 years ago

   I applied to do HubPages hits on MT, and I was denied. After that, I figured they didn't want or need my feedback.

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      Jesse Drzalposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      It's really hard and you only get one shot to do it!

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         Sherry Hewinsposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         Yes. Some people here are dismissive of the MT workers who asses our hubs, but they must have some skill not possessed by your average hubber.

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   EricDockettposted 7 years ago

   Goodbye, Hub Hopper.
   
   I recall my earliest days on the site, when I would frantically hop hubs in an attempt to somehow raise my HubScore or earn an accolade.
   
   Ah, to be young again . . .

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      Solarasposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      LOL - were you me?

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         kenneth averyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         @Solaras, "sigh."

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            Solarasposted 7 years agoin reply to this

            I wonder what the hubber score is based on now.  I did see improvement when I hopped hubs.  Maybe that was just psychological.

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      Millionaire Tipsposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Ahhh the good old days when hopping hubs raised your score!

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   Natalie Frankposted 7 years ago

   Thanks for the update Christy - It was a nice diversion every so often though with MT you probably don't need this version of it as well.  Ciao.

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      kenneth averyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      @ Christy as tech-savvy as you and the staff of HP are, is there not a way that a New Hopper can be devised????
      Please say, we are thinking about it.
      Too early now to think.
      Kenneth

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         Marisa Wrightposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         Ken, when you say the Hub Hopper was useful to help others, what do you mean exactly?   If we can understand, maybe we can suggest another way you could do the same thing.

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            Jean Bakulaposted 7 years agoin reply to this

            I loved the hub hopper when we got to see who wrote the hubs, and got notifications, so we could read artists we liked right away! Although I didn't like what it became, I will miss it.

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            kenneth averyposted 6 years agoin reply to this

            @Marisa,
            I would have a routine almost every two weeks. I would check my earnings and other outlets, then head to Hub Hopper and by reading several of the hubbers that I've never met or looked at their various topics, I learned a lot from this tool.

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               Jean Bakulaposted 6 years agoin reply to this

               It is hard to find time to read all the good stuff on the niche sites, when we all write ourselves. And it's true we don't help each other financially. At least we can help each other and say hi through the forums.

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                  Marisa Wrightposted 6 years agoin reply to this

                  Did the Hub Hopper show Hubs that were already on the niche sites?   If not, then it wasn't helping.

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   Jeremy Gillposted 7 years ago

   So, why was this feature removed? Based on the comments, seems like quite a few Hubbers miss it.

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      Marisa Wrightposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Reading the responses, the comments suggest people miss it because they thought that by using it, they were helping other Hubbers somehow.  I'd say the reason HubPages is removing it because it wasn't helpful, in fact, and therefore it was encouraging Hubbers to waste time on something that wasn't productive.

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         Jean Bakulaposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         But Marisa,
         Didn't you think it was a quick way to see what people were writing about, and if it was an over saturated subject? Or just a way to read about others who wrote in your niches and be sure you weren't duplicating it? I didn't like the one where we had to play "English teacher."

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            Marisa Wrightposted 6 years agoin reply to this

            To be honest, it never occurred to me to use it for that.  Even if I did, it wouldn't do any good now, because I would need to be checking the niche sites, not the HubPages main site.

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         kenneth averyposted 6 years agoin reply to this

         @Marisa, I did not use this tool to waste time. I was sincere in how I was using this tool. Just sayin'

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   LiveMusicLoverLynposted 6 years ago

   I wondered where the button had gone - been super busy and a way for too long - it was not there.  I found it an interesting way to learn and akin to marking A level papers!

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   Marisa Wrightposted 6 years ago

   @Kenneth, I know you were sincere in using the tool.   What I'm saying is that you used it conscientiously because you believed it was helpful to other Hubbers.  However HubPages obviously doesn't think it is as helpful as you thought it was, otherwise they would have kept it.  So perhaps you were, without knowing it, not using your time as profitably as you could have been.

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    earnerposted 6 years ago

    I liked the idea, but as I'm in the UK with a very narrow breadth of interests .... I was frustrated at a stream of US-focussed hubs that I had absolutely no awareness of, no interest in and, often, didn't even know what it was all about.... eg any US sports, US people, US politics, US TV programmes, US religion, US places.  So I stopped even looking

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    neenasatineposted 6 years ago

    Tooo bad. I love Hub hopping. Now I know why the feature is gone.

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