Eventually, someone else found my work good enough to copy, and began scraping my blog posts while publishing them under his own name.
That's the problem, imagine having your original work being scrapped by someone who made no efforts whatsoever. I guess abuse in web2 is something that cannot be curbed especially with the advent of AI these days.
I feel you're an exceptional writer and it's obvious here on hive as well. Who would have thought that you were once a paid blogger haha that seems amazing. I was too, but I was never paid because of many complications.
Yes, but back then it started out as just pizza money per month and those early posts were horrible! Looking back, I can't believe I was actually proud of that mess until I learned better, but learn I did.
I had no traffic at all to my blog for the first three weeks. Then 1 or 2 every few days (if that), then it slowly built from there.
But you're absolutely killing it here on Hive, and I'm so happy for you. Not only that, but you're inspiring others in your country to thrive on Hive as well. Bravo!
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Hahaha I'm sure we'd definitely be happy to take that. In reality it's a feat to be proud of because back in the days making money blogging was a huge deal and imagine all that progress you actually made.
I'm happy to support and motivate as many as I can. Although these days the shit out of me have been downvoted by some persons. I guess it's how it is, nowadays.
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You've made a name here and I'm sure those with stake will take care of that in due time. I went through waves of that starting in 2017/18 until not too long ago.
They were even downvoting other well-known Hivians. We lost a ton of great content creators over the years, but the good thing is that the whales eventually learn about it and fix in.
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Lol let me guess, cuz you’re Nigerian?
The things we endure for being a Nigerian. It's probably the only crime we committed..