Grok

 Being verified to blog on Twitter

Paid to write

I used to have a post on my Twitter page asking me to use Grok. This is an updated edition of being verified, and from reading reports online, it is as useless as its predecessor.

On Twitter, I see many accounts marked as Verified, this means the writer is paid to blog.

Last month, I checked the rates, they are worse than nothing; I am not joking, for each post that gets over 1,0000 readers you receive the HUGE (sarcasm) sum of five cents, why bother paying?

I came across this tactic years ago, while I was trying to gain readers for my short stories; I applied to various magazines - 90% didn't reply - those that replied were more interested in getting me to promote the magazine, or promote other writers already published than show my writing. For each hundred subscribers I added, I would have been paid £1.00, what is the point of me flogging myself for nothing?