HubPages

Terms for paying writers have become a big secret. They now include the right for the site to make money off writer articles elsewhere without paying the writers. Revenue sharing is in steep decline.

Junior editors with zero experience hack up articles. Political extremists bombard the site with propaganda. Editorial policies are based on whim.

The company is smothering articles with ads to the point where it's damaging ranks in search engines.

The only reason I gave them one star is because I couldn't give them zero stars.

Unless you're some left-leaning, liberal weenie that needs your ego stroked and your feelings left unhurt, don't bother. Hubpages is a complete waste of time.

I realise my work has been stolen published also but never get paid for any article i started writing in 2013 first was " children tantrums" and diseases and infections wants to write about Covid and protection techniques.

Banned for seeming "repeated violations' but never knowing what those violations were, despite repeated attempts on my part for some clarification and anything resembling a tutorial on what is a haphazard and strangely constructed website model. They are totally out of touch and their arrogance is breathtaking. And even after being banning and removing myself from the site, they write back and ask what they could do to regain my service. Are they serious? They are out of touch, arrogant and have no business running the site, Their web design is convoluted and there are NO tutorials around their strange methodology to even remotely explain what it is they want. I cannot imagine WebPages being in business for very much longer - they are very much part of the problem and certainly not the solution. And I wonder very much about their ad platform. I would avoid - there are many more sites that offer better and more comprehensive services.

I have been on hub pages.com for 3/4 years. I love to write, read and connect. I also wanted to make some money. It was very very hard to get to know how to really make money, I tried to get paid the first yearand gave up. I would just leave to avoid writing too much for free and spend time trying to get to know how to get paid. I met some nice people and talented writers willing to share tips and experience, but money is a taboo subject, even in private messages.
It seems that a few writers make some money or pretend to, they could be part of a disguised promotion team. One thing, I was disenchanted, disappointed and left. I appreciate the community of writers but after censorship, religious trolling, I sorted things out.
It is sad because it was such a beautiful dream: being paid to do what I love to do...

About 12 years ago, one could recommend Hubpages. Since then it has adopted every snide trick available.

Firstly, it doesn't pay.

Don't be fooled by those shills who claim they were 'always' paid. They don't pay.

Secondly, they create a pile of hurdles to insure that your articles are not seen. For example, they 'non-feature' them, and send you a email about 'spammy elements'. No human eye has touched this article.

Thirdly, many of your best items are 'non-featured'.

The only use of Hubpages is Storage. If you're writing an ebook, working an an article for another site, you use Hubpages. You can save it as draft or to prove the date of publication to confront a copyright, post it with a small image.

Hubpages slaps down articles with small images, meaning you posted on July 10,2010 and because your image was small it is now unfeatured. However, you can prove the date of publication, so any site that uses this article can be slapped down.

Take Hubpages for the joke it is.