I get paid .012 cents per word, and can do a $500 word article in about 20-30 minutes. I'm making 12 an hour and I decide when I take a break or work.

It's currently 3:30 AM and I can't sleep.

Too much coffee :C

HELLO NIGHT OWLS. WHOOO WHOOOOO!

What're you writing about?

I got 3.50 for an article about E-cigs and 1.64 for an article about Furnace Filters

I work for a text-mill, companies place orders, and drones like me write original content for them.

Cracked pays $100 dollars for a really good, funny and exciting article that brings up actual points that are smart.

Right, but that requires you writing an article and hoping you beat out those other thousands of hopeful people who want the same article.

I'd much rather write 6 500 word articles a day, and get my guaranteed $36.

Turtlicious said
I get paid .012 cents per word, and can do a $500 word article in about 20-30 minutes. I'm making 12 an hour and I decide when I take a break or work.

It's currently 3:30 AM and I can't sleep.

Too much coffee :C

HELLO NIGHT OWLS. WHOOO WHOOOOO!

Sounds like a spam bot took over turts account.

natsumehack said
Sounds like a spam bot took over turts account.

God forbid I be excited about my work.

Yeah, I did it for a time as a supplementary income after I saw you suggest to someone it at some point. Got in the highest paygrades pretty easily but haven't done it for a while and wouldn't ever consider trying to rely on it as my only income. I don't need the practice and spending your entire day writing well-written articles about things might have very little knowledge about and have to research is not worth that kind of pay. You could get a mindless job at a market or restaurant and make about the same (if not more) as you would if you were putting forth an effort to get as many articles as you could done each day.

But I do use it as an excuse to tell people I've "done some journalism work online" and you can utilize it on a resume to show skills like time management, writing, following specifications/orders, attention to detail, research... all sorts of crap, so there's a plus.

mbl said
Yeah, I did it for a time as a supplementary income after I saw you suggest to someone it at some point. Got in the highest paygrades pretty easily but haven't done it for a while and wouldn't ever consider trying to rely on it as my only income. I don't need the practice and spending your entire day writing well-written articles about things might have very little knowledge about and have to research is not worth that kind of pay. You could get a mindless job at a market or restaurant and make about the same (if not more) as you would if you were putting forth an effort to get as many articles as you could done each day.

But I do use it as an excuse to tell people I've "done some journalism work online" and you can utilize it on a resume to show skills like time management, writing, following specifications/orders, attention to detail, research... all sorts of crap, so there's a plus.

Ah, yeah I just re-write articles that are already on the internet. I pull up 3 or 4 sources and then kind of work them into one article. So a 500 word essay will take me about 25-35 minutes.

I would take a job at a super market, but it's way too hard where I live, people aren't hiring and I need to make enough money to pay rent you know?

Not to mention working from home is amazing. I get to bring my cat to work everyday,and since the work picked up I've been a lot less stressed, which keeps me out of spam being douchey to everyone