When I compare Boosted earnings to the old "Chosen for Distribution" model, there is no comparison.

I've been meaning to do a post on this. Maybe I will, maybe I won't, but the gist of it is that a story (Florida is Dying) under the old model with:

11.1K

Views

9.3K

Reads

84%

has earned $423 in this new model

A story with these stats (Donald Trump Just Came a Step Closer to a New York State Prison):

18.3K

Views

9K

Reads

49%

Earned $1,325 in the old model. That's not a difference that can be obfuscated by corporate doublespeak. It's a wage cut.

So the first story (under the new model) had significantly more full reads (but fewer views). but earned 32% of what the story with same number of reads with MORE views earned.

The number of views is not really up to me. That's algorithmic. My job is to get people to read the damn thing top to bottom and get rewarded for it if it happens.

It's one thing to simply not pay well. If that's the platform, that's the platform. But this is an earnings cut. There isn't another way to slice it.