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   Venkatachari Mposted 8 days ago

   The feed on HubPages.com still promotes Network sites. Why are they doing it even though there is no income generated from those sites for the writers?
   
   Most of us have withdrawn our articles from those sites. So, I think, there is no logic in promoting these network sites.

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      bravewarriorposted 8 days agoin reply to this

      I agree with you, Venka. Obviously, whoever is left to monitor HP has no idea what's going on.

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      Kenna McHughposted 8 days agoin reply to this

      Just another indication we are not on the top of TAG's list.

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         Gregory DeVictorposted 8 days agoin reply to this

         Agree.

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            Venkatachari Mposted 8 days agoin reply to this

            Yes, Gregory, Kenna, and BraveWarrior. I do feel the Editors no more care.

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         Shesabutterflyposted 8 days agoin reply to this

         TAG isn't even on top of TAG. The latest niche move never fully happened (although I'm sure they managed to stop earnings to authors). They also have not published news content for Delishably & Wehavekids for the past week.

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      DreamerMegposted 8 days agoin reply to this

      I was checking one of my own sites and found a link to Owlcation on it. I thought it would be a broken link because I asked them to transfer all my articles across but no! The link was still live and still going to owlcation, even though they wrote and told me all my articles were now back on hubpages.

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         Gregory DeVictorposted 8 days agoin reply to this

         Fortunately, I don't believe that the editors added links to HobbyLark articles. I have been going through all of my former 100+ HobbyLark articles thoroughly since last December and have not found any strange links.

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            Kenna McHughposted 7 days agoin reply to this

            I haven't found any either, Gregory.

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               Gregory DeVictorposted 7 days agoin reply to this

               Kenna, that's good to know.

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      Genna Eastposted 7 days agoin reply to this

      I agree, Venka.  I have also noted that the point scores and profile scores don't make any sense, and lack consistency.

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         MsDoraposted 7 days agoin reply to this

         Genna, if I take the scores seriously,  I’d be depressed. Thanks for mentioning that. I’m still grieving though.

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            Genna Eastposted 7 days agoin reply to this

            Thank you.  And I agree.  After moving content from the niche sites to Discover, I think we must now view scoring as rather superfluous at this point.  Along with the fact that HP Discover’s “Related Articles” that appear at the end of our published content have absolutely nothing to do with what we have written.  Discover is indeed a strange land.

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               Genna Eastposted 7 days agoin reply to this

               Thank you.  And I agree.  After moving content from the niche sites to Discover, I think we must now view scoring as rather superfluous at this point.  Along with the fact that HP Discover’s “Related Articles” that appear at the end of our published content have absolutely nothing to do with what we have written.  Discover is indeed a strange land.  I can't help but feel a little sorry for their support staff that has to take on the responsibility for this.

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               PaulGoodman67posted 6 days agoin reply to this

               The scoring was always superfluous. It was there really to encourage beginners to be active (e.g. publish, comment, engage in other ways).
               
               In some ways, it's also a hangover from the early days when HP had quite a few elements of a social media site (e.g. followers, messaging).
               
               These elements were always pretty superfluous, though. Views and earnings are what matter, and they don't necessarily relate to scoring.
               
               Staff have said this many times. I remember Simone explaining it many years ago, which confirmed what I'd already come to believe.

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                  Venkatachari Mposted 6 days agoin reply to this

                  True, Paul. I agree with you and feel the same thing. What matters is the views and earnings, not the superfluous scores.

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   Rupert Taylorposted 8 days ago

   For several months, I have been editing my old articles (A bit of sympathy please, it's because I was kicked in the head by a horse). One thing that turns up is links to articles on Owlcation and the like that were inserted by HP staff when HP had staff.
   
   Of course, I disable the links. I'm damned if I'll help promote articles on TAG that writers neglected to move to Discover.
   
   You might want to scan your own articles and remove similar links.
   
   Nice horsey. Kind horsey. Arrggh

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      Patty Inglish, MSposted 6 days agoin reply to this

      I will check more closely now, thanks.

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         Gregory DeVictorposted 6 days agoin reply to this

         Kenna and I have both found out that there were probably no links added by the editors to articles on Hobbylark.

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   Jodahposted 8 days ago

   That is a good point, Venkatachari.
   Wow, I never thought of that, Rupert. I will be doing the same.

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      Venkatachari Mposted 8 days agoin reply to this

      Yes, Jodah and Rupert. We need to check all our content and remove the links.

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   Venkatachari Mposted 6 days ago

   I wonder if Hubpages.com is still a network site!
   Because they are still promoting the entire network of sites, as seen in the right-side column of the feed, including a link to HubPages.

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