There's Always Another Site

To paraphrase Qui-Gon Jinn: "There's always a Bigger Fish" ...there is always another Site.

In the early 90s, being chased off a site dealing with Feminism or Star Wars was devastating. Doing a search was not as easy as entering a word or two in a browser window.

To be banned a message-boards was like losing service, for you might not be able to find another website that matched your interests.

That of course, was then, and this is Now.

Today, there is Always another venue.

If you use 'Google' to search, you'll always be led to a site that wants you to join and pay to get the information.

Avoiding Google and trying other Other Search Engines; whether Duckduckgo, Bing, Yahoo, Ask, etc. is wise. Look up "Search Engines" and you'll find Google isn't the only site, nor the best.

The joke of Google is that it is PAID to make you think that the Times, for example is the ONLY news site and if you don't join and pay you won't get the information. As you realize, this is not true.

Rule of thumb: use anything but Google to search.

If you Search for 'Online Writing Sites that Pay' you will see a dwindling number.

Many are wastes of time, others can get a visit. But the days of paying sites, of sites which spotlight your writing and paid is over. Maybe there will be a rebirth, but don't hold your breath.

I have written for a number of sites; some are defunct, some are rip offs, some are okay.

If you are using a site which doesn't pay well, tramples your rights, or is infested by persons of limited mentalities, you don't have to stay there.

Further, those that claim to pay often have tricks to avoid paying. For example, Mylot.

Mylot pays less than pennies, but seems to pay. You scan the posts, notice it is full of empty rubbish.

This one is discussing what she had for breakfast, that one is posting a photo he took of a tree.

What?

The reason they do this and constantly visit each others rubbish is to avoid posting anything that the Admin's dual can attack.

The Admin's dual will attack your articles and when you respond, you get kicked off!

This happens a few days before pay out... and guess who is not getting paid!

This Mylot trick is not unique.

If you watch Movies or Television shows online, you don't have to pay for it. Many sites are not merely free, they don't even demand you register.

You can sit back and binge watch everything you want, Do a search...."Watch ??? Online Free." Fill in the ??? with the name of what you want to see.

Yes, many sites are taken down or hacked so that they no longer exist. So? There is always another site.

Search and search again and you'll find a site you can sit back and enjoy viewing paying not one cent.

Always use Adblockers and have two different Malware detectors.

Many free sites are attacked by those who want you to pay to use their sites. When you use ad blockers and malware detectors, you'll see how truly vicious capitalists can be.

Since you don't pay to watch T.V. shows there are hired 'assassins' who create all sorts of malware which they try to shove into free sites.

With adblockers and malware detectors you'll be safe.

Many 'groups' on FB are scams, tricks, lies, rip offs. Be alert.

If you use a fake identity on FB these scams are easily exposed.

Simply put, as no one knows if NickName is a 31 year old man living in New York or a 74 year old woman living in Jamaica, the scams fail. The ads, which mask as articles, flop.

There are a lot of scams running on FB, from those pretending to be celebrities, to 'free' whatever.

I have mentioned this before, but will keep repeating it; there are hundreds of sites. Sites all over the world. Sites which ignore the word "copyright" and are situated in nations which can't be prosecuted for copyright infringement.

A movie, currently in theatres, currently a Block Buster, can be seen online. Can be seen FREE online.

Ignore any site that demands payment, information, anything. That site is NOT the only one which offers what you want.

When you find a site which is Free, which demands nothing, and has the programs or movies you wish to see, bookmark it, but keep looking for others, for every so often, that site will go down.

It will go down because it is attacked by those who own the copyright.

So, it goes down, but you jump to another site. And outside of a few minutes, you've lost nothing.

Yes, some sites are better than others, some sites even remember where you stopped a show or which episode you are up to. Others don't.

Have a number of these sites bookmarked, and jump from one to another as you desire.

Never get 'emotional' about any site. All sites are subject to collapse. All sites are subject to being hacked, sold or closed. Many sites have biased moderators.

All sites are subject to change.

A fantastic site may be taken over by those who have no idea why it is fantastic, and destroy it. Another might be subject to such neglect that it becomes a district of Trollkingdom. Another has moderators who will ban you if you post anything that they don't agree with.

What you do to 'protect' yourself is have a slurry of sites. When one goes down you concentrate on another and eventually you will no longer even care about the topic or the activity on the lost site.

If you are kicked off a site because of some glitch, be it the attitude of the Mods or some other reason, move on. You'll find something better.

Be selective, and don't get sentimental.