Wondering if everything will go dark over the weekend

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   PaulGoodman67posted 10 hours ago

   I guess this is finally the end. All I care about at this point is that I get my final payment(s) at some point in the near future.

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      SerenityHaloposted 9 hours agoin reply to this

      My guess from the way the announcements are worded is we’ll lose access to our accounts this weekend and the forums will be disabled. I think HubPages, however, will continue to exist. The more relevant ads on articles suggest it will stick around for a time—an extra 2 weeks? Two years? Who knows. The announcement says something along the lines of you can leave your articles up for people to read but you won’t earn from them anymore.
      
      One strange thing is if you look around in the forums there was an update that helps clarify which party is responding to which person with text boxes. Kind of strange at this time.

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         PaulGoodman67posted 4 hours agoin reply to this

         "Hubpages" ceased to exist some time ago, I believe. The logo can still be found on some old pages like at the the top of forums page but it's not used publicly.
         
         The website Hubpages.com ceased to take new admissions and will be closed down soon, if it hasn't happened already.
         
         The topic websites still look like they will continue, but they no longer have anything to do with hubbers. That happened when they moved us all out to Discover.
         
         I see HP as gone. I was meaning more that the accounts and forum disappear. Then all the chatter goes and we just sit in the dark and wait for some money to (hopefully) appear in PayPal.

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            SerenityHaloposted 4 hours agoin reply to this

            I see. Thank you for clarifying. I’m concerned about it sitting after we all get kicked out officially and the implications that might exist there. It’s possible they’re kicking us out and then will do some other move, kind of like with the new standalone endeavors… my trust is low.

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               PaulGoodman67posted 3 hours agoin reply to this

               It doesn't really matter. We won't be involved.
               
               They already took what they wanted. They reworded the best hubs using AI and some human editing for their own use, so they could be published on their [now hubber-free] topic sites.
               
               It's all over bar the fat lady singing. Which for me means getting the final payment.
               
               There's nothing else to be concerned about that I can see. They've taken what they wanted over the last year or whatever.

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