When I did my quick Calculations after this was announced, It was clear that the only areas that were hurt were between 600-800 words. you did a couple of journals that were around the 600 word mark. If you would combine two of those articles to make it 1200 words, it will be worth more than two separate articles at 600 words, not to mention the higher rate of pay per word after each milestone mark, meaning that would be an additional $600 per word over 1200 words aside from the $1000 you are already getting. The reason for the change is that we felt people were taking advantage of it by posting part 1, part 2, and part 3 right after each other just to be more efficient with their pay than to make it easy to read and discuss within the community. Some people break theirs up because that is what their time allows, and that seems to be what you are doing. thats fine. We were not trying to hurt you with this decision. but people were easily taking advantage of it, and I feel that having everything in 1 article is much better than spread out across 5 different articles.
I have a job, I go to school, I am on a collegiate sports team, I am Vice president of a non-profit, I have time for friends, GM of a team, and I write long ass articles. Now it might be convenient for you to write during your break time at work, but that cant be the only time you can write, and what about taking 2 breaks to write 1 article? just a hypothetical; it does not mean you have to do that. Sure, 600 words was nice, but you were just used to that because that was the first milestone and the closer to 600 (but above) the more efficient each word was. you would be saying the same thing if the milestone was set at 400 words or 800 words. Think of it this way, you can keep the same efficiency at 400 words as you do at 600 words, but write less.
I am not saying that you are 100% wrong, but I think this is the better system and hope you can see it through my eyes. There is a lot of benefit that comes with this change, it just hurts those who only wrote between 600 and 800 word articles.
I have a job, I go to school, I am on a collegiate sports team, I am Vice president of a non-profit, I have time for friends, GM of a team, and I write long ass articles. Now it might be convenient for you to write during your break time at work, but that cant be the only time you can write, and what about taking 2 breaks to write 1 article? just a hypothetical; it does not mean you have to do that. Sure, 600 words was nice, but you were just used to that because that was the first milestone and the closer to 600 (but above) the more efficient each word was. you would be saying the same thing if the milestone was set at 400 words or 800 words. Think of it this way, you can keep the same efficiency at 400 words as you do at 600 words, but write less.
I am not saying that you are 100% wrong, but I think this is the better system and hope you can see it through my eyes. There is a lot of benefit that comes with this change, it just hurts those who only wrote between 600 and 800 word articles.
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