Out of all the marketplaces that I am a member of, I find PPP the toughest to comply with because of all the confusing misinformation. I mentioned before that I was publicly humiliated because a group of members took it upon themselves to punish me for having a PPP opportunity right after a sponsored post from another marketplace. Well, that was a non-issue when I first started with PPP.
The TOS was subsequently changed and we were not informed in a circular. I find it funny that we are expected to read up the entire growing-in-length-day-by-day Terms of Service before we even dare to start work for PPP for the day.
Just yesterday, we were told that we now MUST have an original post between all sponsored posts that we take up from all marketplaces. How ridiculous can that be? While I may be up to writing original content before and after every sponsored post, I hate to be feeling that I am walking on glass every time I publish a post, sponsored or non-sponsored.
You may wonder why I am even doubtful of posting original content. Am I crazy? Yes, sometimes I do feel like I am because I would then have to check if I, god forbid, have placed a LINK somewhere in my post! I am tired, I really am not up to fighting with reviewers to proof that it is not a paid link. It happened before with the LINK THE PLANET project. It was entirely free but just because a bunch of us joined the forum and placed our blog on the directory in exchange for a post and link, some people thought that the link must have been paid for.
Seriously, I do not relish the thought of going through this process every f@rking time.
While I was very happy to find an opportunity at PPP last year, logging in to PPP is like going to school now. You know, sometimes you don’t want to get up from bed in the morning for school because the teachers (PPP staff) berate you, the students (Posties) bully you.
Being an international student, you are forced to stay at the corner while the rest of the American students play (geo-targeting and geographical segmentation). This is an American school, so students do not wear uniforms to school. Students who are unable to afford branded clothes are ostracized (command of English, or the lack of). The whole school is so regimented that the students are told how to queue up and which route to take every single day (order of posts).
It is amazing how many rules there are that we have to remember to follow through whenever we take up a PPP opportunity AND NOW WITH THE NEW TOS WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IT EVERY TIME WE PUBLISH A POST! Amazing because PPP is American and if I liken it to an American school, then rules are lax. Heck, American students take guns to school!
You do your assignments in fear of being poorly rated (tacks and bans) and worse, with Argus coming, reference was made about being peer rated. With all the jealousy that is going on, they can’t be serious? Do away with the leaderboard and the private forum. I have felt the sting myself how members CAN band together to try to oust me just because I am one of the biggest foreign fish in the ocean. No, I hope they are not serious. We all know how badly international members are not welcomed in the community, DESPITE Worldwide Wednesday.
Going to PPP Kindergarten, you are always dangled with all sorts of candy but get slapped for even daring to reach out for one (were we not encouraged to monetize our blogs?). I find it rather sad, really, because PPP, the company, has been kind to me.