9 Reasons Why Chatsonic is Better than ChatGPT

I’m hooked.  AI-powered text and image generators are simply amazing and I have to say that testing these tools takes a generous amount of my time lately. After several trial and error sequences, I narrowed down my use of AI generators to include the following: Rytr.me — Text generation. AI writing assistant. NightCafé Creator — Image generation. Writesonic tools, …

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How Skillshare Exploits Teachers and Why You’re Getting Pennies for Your Work

Teachers’ earnings dropped dramatically and everything now functions like a pyramid scheme. After more than 3 years of using Skillshare as a secondary marketplace for my online courses, I decided to remove all of my content from the platform. I already detailed my reasons for leaving in a previous article. You can read it here: …

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Why Is Medium Not Fixing This Problem That’s Taking Money Out of the Writers’ Pockets?

More than a year ago, I wrote a post about what I called Medium’s “FREE FOREVER” Membership. I addressed there the fact that it is incredibly easy for readers to bypass the platform’s paywall and that anyone can gain continuous free access to any and all stories that are supposed to be available only to …

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13 Things I Learned from Publishing 71 Stories on Medium

The journey so far. Think of the items on this list as “personal observations” rather than results of proper statistical assessment. The 71 stories were published in the last 7 months — January to August 2022. Some of them are republished Medium content that I had previously deleted thinking I no longer want to use …

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Medium’s New Tipping Feature is Pointless and the Platform’s Declaration of Defeat

Pretty insulting to writers as well. Medium writers can now receive tips from readers via third-party services such as PayPal, Patreon, and Ko-Fi. Insert slow clap. Yes, many other platforms allow content creators to integrate a donation feature into their profile but when it comes to Medium, with its not-so-glorious recent past, I can only …

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