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s an ‘email’ from the powers that be that was sent out to some of those whose earnings were affected by the fraudulent activity circa September 25 — early days of October stating that the impacted accounts would be credited by the end of this month.</p><p id="f403">Apparently, there is and I quote: ‘<b><i>re-calculating and applying earning adjustments’ </i></b>going on behind the scenes to give impacted writers their due.</p><p id="df4e">Lol — if it is based on August/ September earnings then I would say there is a whole lot due and it may involve some pretty heavy number crunching.</p><p id="3807">But I’m not holding my breath. If not this then something else. Or another. It’s all in the Algo game.</p><p id="5ed7">For instance, on a different platform, I used to see 100K+ views on a regular basis. All I needed to do was write and publish and get paid the big bucks.</p><p id="ad58">Cautionary tale 👉 One fine day the algorithm there changed without any warning and spat most of us out.</p><p id="5f29">We’re still reeling from it. Many writers lost their entire livelihood because of that one algo change. And the funny thing is no official explanation was given for what happened except that it wasn’t NewsBreak’s fault.</p><p id="ec82">Go figure.</p><div id="ec01" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/how-a-shocking-drop-from-200k-views-to-crickets-made-me-can-my-dream-of-writing-full-time-6e5bb6e6e408"> <div> <div> <h2>How a Shocking Drop From 200K+ Views to Crickets Made Me Can My Dream of Writing Full Time</h2> <div><h3>A heartless algorithm shift transformed me from a darling to pretty much a nobody</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*rzdJyckL9K-E0J_K)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p

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Rumor Has It You Will See a Credit On Your Earnings By the End of October.

Many are already checking their partner program earnings multiple times a day for any updates.

Yes, this is one of those types of breaking news articles with mostly fluff and very little to go on except he said, she said, they said…

It must be a slow day for me to even bother but what the heck — anyways I needed to write something to maintain my spot or Uncle Algo would sooner forget me in favor of someone else who is pumping it out on a daily basis.

This Is Where I Am At in My Writing Life

5 things the writing gurus forgot to mention in their articles about how to become a successful writer

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Okayyy, enough with the ramblings, and onto the juicy stuff…

I woke up today to my friend TzeLin Sam’s article about how she wouldn’t be able to purchase gold tiles for her bathroom floor given the sad state of her Medium earnings.

Forget golden tiles, the truth is many writers would be happy if this month would cover their fave cuppa from Starbucks.

The article mentions an ‘email’ from the powers that be that was sent out to some of those whose earnings were affected by the fraudulent activity circa September 25 — early days of October stating that the impacted accounts would be credited by the end of this month.

Apparently, there is and I quote: ‘re-calculating and applying earning adjustments’ going on behind the scenes to give impacted writers their due.

Lol — if it is based on August/ September earnings then I would say there is a whole lot due and it may involve some pretty heavy number crunching.

But I’m not holding my breath. If not this then something else. Or another. It’s all in the Algo game.

For instance, on a different platform, I used to see 100K+ views on a regular basis. All I needed to do was write and publish and get paid the big bucks.

Cautionary tale 👉 One fine day the algorithm there changed without any warning and spat most of us out.

We’re still reeling from it. Many writers lost their entire livelihood because of that one algo change. And the funny thing is no official explanation was given for what happened except that it wasn’t NewsBreak’s fault.

Go figure.

How a Shocking Drop From 200K+ Views to Crickets Made Me Can My Dream of Writing Full Time

A heartless algorithm shift transformed me from a darling to pretty much a nobody

medium.com

Some of those NB writers switched to Medium full-time. I know a few who delved into erotica because it paid big back when. And with the August changes that too ended.

Now, the next frontier, at least according to me seems to be Substack (🌸come say hi!). I have my little niche going on there and it seems to be doing okay so am happy I got on there and established roots before the new wave of writers hit.

The good thing? It has no algorithm.

🎈I’m curious — did anyone receive an email from Medium regarding backdated earnings? Have you noticed a discernible change in your earnings? Do share!