Persona Paper Profile Page Comments

The post below shows comments that I've received on my Persona Paper profile page.

Persona Paper is a writing site where you used to be able to earn a bit of passive income for publishing articles. Unfortunately, the site has stopped paying. There was also talk of it closing down, though it's currently still up.

Nonetheless, I have started removing my posts there and transferring them elsewhere. Currently, I only have a few articles left published there.

Well, to be more precise, that was supposed to be the case. However, I recently found out that there's an issue when it comes to deleting articles published on Persona Paper. I talk more about that problem in the following articles:

1. Problems Deleting Articles on Persona Paper
2. 1 Way to Delete Persona Paper Articles
3. Problem Deleting or Editing Polls on Persona Paper

Anyway, in case Persona Paper does end up closing or shutting down, I don't want to lose the comments I'd received from there, so I decided to post them here.

It's been a while, but I do recall writing an article about replying to those who commented on my profile page. I also recall responding to these comments on the profile pages of those who left a comment on my profile page.

Persona Paper Comment Problems

My profile page says I have 18 comments. Like I said, it's been a while, so I can't recall if I've actually gotten more than that.

But I can see that I'm missing some comments. Supposedly, I have 18 comments, but I can only see 11 of these comments.

Where are the rest? I don't know :-(. I do wish I could get a hold of those comments, so I can back them up here. Sigh.

Anyway, without further ado, here are the comments from my Persona Paper profile page:

lookatdesktop said on January 31, 2016, 10:45 AM
Wow. 111 articles. Where are you writing at now? This site is closing soon. Just a heads up. Keep a backup of your articles.

CalmGemini said on March 18, 2015, 10:48 AM
Would like to follow your posts.

Elren said on March 4, 2015, 9:55 PM
Hello. Looking forward to our blooming friendship. :D

UK_Writer said on February 26, 2015, 12:53 PM
Following you, all the best.

Kungfu123 said on February 22, 2015, 7:36 AM
Can you tell me what's the difference between Prename and First Name in BBB form?

bestwriter said on February 5, 2015, 1:57 AM
Picked you up to respond to posts. I have been doing this since the last few days - paying attention to one user a day besides my usual activity. I liked most of your posts excepting those about East and West.

peachpurple said on January 15, 2015, 12:45 AM
did you try filing complaint against the bub site?

Vickiw said on January 7, 2015, 11:16 AM
Thanks so much for filling me in on the follow me thing!

Hollyhocks100 said on January 6, 2015, 1:06 PM
Just read your excellent post on moving things from bubblews.

LadyDuck said on January 3, 2015, 8:51 AM
Hello, I am also a Bubblews refugee.

mydreams said on October 4, 2014, 11:08 PM
Hi ! Nice to meet you across here, though I am fresh here but would like to be connected and look for your posts. Happy to start following

*Notes:
- Image is by GraphBerry (CC:BY-SA) from deviantArt
- Second pic is a screenshot from my Persona Paper profile page

Do You Like the Infinite Scroll Feature?

Infinite or endless scrolling is a feature that some sites have. When you scroll down to the end of a webpage, if infinite scroll has been enabled, then more and more posts or content will automatically load.

This was made using Persona Paper's poll feature

This will keep happening until all the posts have been loaded. If this feature has been disabled, you will see the navigation buttons like 'next' or 'previous' instead. Clicking on those buttons will take you to the next or previous page of your site where new posts will load.

Do you like infinite scroll? I actually don't like this feature for a number of reasons, so I like having the option of disabling it. Some sites let you do that, but some don't.

So, how 'bout you? What are your thoughts on this feature? Feel free to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a comment below.

Note: you might notice that a lot of the options in the poll are about reasons to hate or dislike endless scrolling. If you know any more pros or positive things about this feature, then feel free to mention them.

Here are some of the comments from this article, back when it used to be posted elsewhere:

cheri wrote on March 11, 2015, 8:50 AM
Just do not like it. Thats all.

FreyaYuki replied to cheri on March 12, 2015, 12:51 PM
I'm glad I'm not the only one. I really don't like this feature too :-(.

crowntower wrote on March 11, 2015, 9:15 AM
If we are viewing photos or quotes in a photo I would love to have an infinite scroll... hehehehe, because I am so lazy to click the next button... hahahahah! But in some cases I would love to disable it. Thanks and God bless.

FreyaYuki replied to crowntower on March 12, 2015, 1:07 PM
Ah, I see. You're welcome. I was mostly talking about articles and posts though like those that appear on the homepage of a site or blog.

MakeMoneyOnline wrote on March 11, 2015, 10:53 AM
I wouldn't mind to see it on Persona to tell you the truth. I like the feature.

FreyaYuki replied to MakeMoneyOnline on March 12, 2015, 1:09 PM
Ah, let's agree to disagree then 😃. LOL. But may I ask why you like the feature? Just trying to see what others think of the infinite scroll feature. I see there are others who don't like it either, but then there are also those who do.

MakeMoneyOnline replied to FreyaYuki on March 12, 2015, 2:25 PM
I've only seen this feature on Pinterest and Fiverr (maybe one or two other sites I can't remember). I like the feature because I don't have to click "next" to get to other posts. I'd love to see it on Persona because I like to see what's happening on the first page and when I hit the end of the page I either can't find the "next page" button or I'm too lazy to even look for it. But if the next posts would appear, I'd scroll much further and find more interesting posts to comment on.

FreyaYuki replied to MakeMoneyOnline on March 13, 2015, 12:45 PM
Ah, I see 😃.

For Persona Paper - I'd also like it if we could see more posts, but I'd prefer seeing next-prev buttons rather than infinite scroll. It would be good if we can see more posts so we can read even the older ones. Right now, it's hard to find those old posts so I agree that we should be able to see and easily find more posts here.

About Pinterest - what I don't like about the infinite scroll on this site is how, for example, you search for something and you end up seeing lots of pins. You can keep scrolling down and more pins load and show up. But if there's way too many of them, you can't see them all in 1 day. If you have to leave the site for now, when you come back, how can you find the place where you left off?

You can't because all the pins loaded in one page so you have to start at the top again and then start scrolling down again. On the other hand, if there were next-previous buttons, you can take note of the URL link of the page you're on so you can just go back to this page to continue looking through the older pins when you have the time to do so.

MakeMoneyOnline replied to FreyaYuki on March 13, 2015, 2:08 PM
Makes sense. Probably there should be a hybrid option, where you could scroll but also quickly find the place where you left off.

arthurchappell wrote on March 11, 2015, 11:45 AM
I prefer it on big sites as waiting for fresh pages to load can get very irritating

FreyaYuki replied to arthurchappell on March 12, 2015, 1:18 PM
Ah, I see. For me, pages don't really take much time to load so I don't mind. I'm actually not fond of the infinite scroll feature on, for example- Pinterest because, being new there, there are so many pins that I have yet to see.

There's no way I can seem them all in one sitting. For instance, I can use their search feature to search for pics, but I won't be able to finish looking at all of those pins in 1 day. But if I want to go back to the spot where I left off, I can't do that thanks to the infinite scroll feature. I will have to start searching again and then load all the pins again.

nbaquero wrote on March 11, 2015, 5:37 PM
FreyaYuki I don't really mind the feature, but I wouldn't implemented on my sites/blogs.

FreyaYuki replied to nbaquero on March 12, 2015, 1:25 PM
I turned off this feature on my Tumblr blogs and I'm not implementing it on the Google Blogger blog that I'm working on. The only exception is WordPress, but that's because you don't really get a choice. You either end up with the real automatic infinite scroll or the fake manual infinite scroll.

*Notes:
- This was previously published on Persona Paper on March 11, 2015, 7:54 AM

Reasons Not to Use URL or Link Shorteners

Also known as, "What is the problem with shortening links?"

Reason to Use Link Shorteners

People use link shorteners to shorten their URLs especially when they want to share sites on Twitter thanks to the limitation on the number of characters per tweet.

Reason to Dislike Link Shorteners

What are your thoughts on this? Would you willingly click on a shortened link? Or would you actually be averse to doing so?

For me, it’s actually the latter. Shortened URLs look like a mix of letters that don’t make sense at all. That’s precisely what makes me reluctant to click on those links.

It’s because you don’t know where those links will take you. How would you know what website you’ll be brought to based only on the shortened URL?

You can see something like bit.covzxwm (example only), and that doesn’t look appealing or safe especially not when you compare it to something from sites like Daily Two Cents such as dailytwocents.com/article-title-here.

The latter URL tells you which site you’re going to be brought to, so you won’t end up being surprised when you click the link. When you click on the link, you know you’re going to this particular site to read this particular article.

Is It Safe to Click on a Link Shortener?

But with a shortened link, if you’re just looking at the URL, it will tell you nothing, so how will you know it’s safe to click on that link? What if you’re brought to a dangerous site with viruses and malware or something?

Or what if you end up getting redirected to some other site? What if you get taken or redirected to an ad?

Of course, that’s not to say that all short URLs would do something like that, but, with the way they look, they just give that sort of impression or vibe, don’t they?

What do you think? So, are you reluctant to click on short URLs that you see on websites like Twitter, or do you not mind them at all?

*Notes:
- This was previously published elsewhere
- The last updated date is listed as Aug 12th, 2015 1:01:25am
- First image is by GraphBerry (CC:BY-SA) from deviantArt
- Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki (CC:BY-SA) based on the image by Cpro (CC:BY-SA) from Wikimedia Commons
- Image is meant to symbolize someone using a link shortener
- YouTube video shows you how to shorten links

Reasons NOT to Use Official Social Media Sharing Buttons and 3rd-Party Plugins on Your Blog

Social media sharing buttons (like the ones for Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, etc) are pretty much a staple or a given when it comes to blogs and sites, right? If you have articles, there should be sharing icons somewhere so that your readers and visitors can easily share your posts.

Of course, it's not exactly as easy as saying that you want these buttons, not if you're talking about your own website or blog (like Weebly, Wix, Tumblr, Google Blogger, etc).

I wanted social media sharing buttons on my blogs/sites too. I'll focus on Tumblr (microblogging platform and social networking site) in this one since my quest for social icons for my Tumblr blogs was what led me to finding out all this info about these buttons. LOL 😃.

Reasons to Use Third-Party Plugins

Anyway, at first, I thought about going with the third-party social media sharing buttons plugins. Pros for using this include:

• Easy installation - just sign up or create an account on the 3rd-party site, get their code then add it to your blog
• Choices - these plugins usually offer different designs of social icons, so you can just choose whatever you want plus you can decide how many buttons you need, like if you only want 3 or 4 or more icons, etc

Reasons NOT to Use Third-Party Plugins

There are lots of plugins out there though, so it's up to you to decide which one to go with. So, how come I didn't go with any one of these plugins?

Well, I was reading up on the reviews for many of these plugins to help me decide, and what I've discovered wasn't all that good. The cons include:

• Possible breach of privacy for you and your readers - do you know what kind of data these plugins are mining from you and your readers and whoever else clicks on the share buttons on your blog or site?
• Possible redirect to inappropriate ads - if the share buttons are clicked, where will your visitors be taken? Will they be redirected to ads they don't want to see?

Now, of course, not all plugins do that, but then how do you find out which ones don't? That would take lots of time plus you might have to do trial and error too. Besides, how do you even know which ones will work for your blog or site?

Another thing that made me decide to forget about the third-party plugins was how some of them had such long Terms of Services and Privacy Policies. I always read these stuff before joining sites, but wasn't feeling up to it considering the length of these boring documents.

Reasons to Use Official Social Media Sharing Buttons

So that brings me to the official social media sharing buttons. What are these? Where do you find these? You find these buttons by going to the social media platform whose share icon you want to add to your blog.

For example, if you want to add a Twitter share button to your site, all you need to do is go to Twitter and get their official sharing button.

Get the codes then add them to your blog and that's that. Pretty simple, right? Plus, you shouldn't have to worry about privacy or security since, if you and your readers have accounts on these platforms, then it's a given that you've agreed to the terms and policies of these sites.

Reasons NOT to Use Official Social Media Sharing Buttons

• Design - your mileage may vary, but, in my opinion, these buttons don't look all that nice or appealing
• Plus, each of these platforms have their own buttons that look different from the others, so if you add them all to your blog or site, it won't be uniform at all
• Javascript

Did you know that using Javascript can slow down your blog? And did you know that the code for the social media share buttons make use of Javascript, so you end up getting a lot of codes depending on how many buttons you want to add to your site?

Actually, even the third-party share plugins make use of Javascript, so that's another point against them.

Alternative to 3rd-Party Plugins and Official Social Media Sharing Buttons

Yup, there's an alternative and it's to use simple, lightweight sharing icons. These buttons do not use Javascript, so they won't contribute to slowing down your site. They are merely URL links that lead to the social media site so you don't need to worry about your privacy and security either.

Simple, Lightweight Social Media Sharing Buttons

In short, it's like adding links to your articles (like when you interlink them) only, instead of adding links to text, you add links to images or icons so that, when someone clicks on them, they'll be taken to the site where they can share your post.

For example, they can click on a Pinterest share button, and the link in that icon will take them straight to Pinterest where they can log in and pin the pics in your article.

Some Pros:

Pretty awesome and cool, right? Plus, you can design your own icons or use free ones out there, etc, which means that you can end up with buttons that look uniform and that fit your site.

1 Con:

What about cons? Are there cons? There's one that I can think of, but I don't really consider it as a con. Again, your mileage may vary. What is it then?

It's the fact that you don't get counters for these links, so you won't be able to easily tell how many people shared your posts.

But, if you're new to blogging or your site or blog is new, then it's likely that you won't have thousands of shares anyway, so even if you use counters in the share buttons, you'll probably just end up seeing 0, and that's not really nice to look at, is it? LOL 😃.

Example:

Anyway, here's an example of what the social media sharing buttons look like on one of my Tumblr blogs. Look at the screenshot below:

The screenshot is from this article: 2 Ways for Harry Potter to Prove He Didn’t Put His Name in the Goblet of Fire.

By the way, it might not be all that noticeable on the pic, but the title or tooltip only shows up when you hover your mouse on the icon, so you'll only see the "share this post on Pinterest" and the opacity change when you hover your mouse on the Pinterest button.

The same goes for the other social media icons.

What do you think?

Oh, and, yes, for the record, the theme I'm using actually already came with social media sharing buttons, so what in the world was I doing looking 'round and trying to add these buttons to my blog, you ask? LOL.

That's a pretty long story actually. For now, I'll just say that I did keep those built-in buttons, but I wanted the share buttons to be more prominent on my blog. I wanted to customize them further, I- eh, I think you get the point 😃.

Edited to add: I've changed the theme on my Harry Potter Plotholes Archives Tumblr blog, but I'm still using simple, lightweight social media sharing buttons. They now look like this:

The Harry Potter blog is now using the Clarent Premium Tumblr Theme. Check out the demo blog or learn more about this theme.

I am also still using simple, lightweight social media sharing buttons on all of my blogs on both Tumblr and Google Blogger. Even the themes I make use these kinds of buttons.

Here are some of the comments from this article, back when it used to be posted elsewhere:

UK_Writer wrote on February 26, 2015, 12:52 PM
There's 1001 things to think about, discover, learn - and more - when you start doing your own thing.... so many things, choices. So hard:)

FreyaYuki replied to UK_Writer on February 27, 2015, 9:41 AM
Yup. There's so much to learn about when it comes to blogging and creating websites, etc. It may not be an easy task, but you can really learn and discover lots of things about this, which makes it easier for you if you decide to use other blogging platforms or website builders.

GemstonePink wrote on February 26, 2015, 5:09 PM
Wow, there seems to be so many concerns when starting a blog and building it. I think a blog is more than I have time for.

FreyaYuki replied to GemstonePink on February 27, 2015, 9:39 AM
Yes, that's right if you want to add things like social media follow and sharing buttons, popular posts and recent posts widgets, ads, tags, etc, etc.

But if you're just looking to write, then you don't have to pay attention to all these other things, not if you don't want to. A blog does require a lot of time though especially if you want to publish posts on your blogs at least once a day.

nbaquero wrote on March 1, 2015, 8:02 AM
FreyaYuki Great info, this definitely needs to be taken into account for our own sites/blogs. Need to reread and bookmark for future reference.

FreyaYuki replied to nbaquero on March 1, 2015, 12:00 PM
Thanks. I've also been implementing this on the other platforms that I'm working on. If you have any questions, feel free to ask 😃.

crowntower wrote on March 13, 2015, 5:17 AM
I think this will help if we have other personal site, but for us Philippines and India, this is not gonna work for us here in Persona for the changes that we understand. But thanks for the whole thing. I hate plugins because it always make my computer to crash.

FreyaYuki replied to crowntower on March 13, 2015, 12:31 PM
Yes, this is for those who have blogs or sites so they can also add social media sharing buttons to their posts, similar to how there are also sharing buttons here on Persona Paper.

*Notes:
- This was previously published on Persona Paper on February 26, 2015, 12:46 PM
- First image is by GraphBerry (CC:BY-SA) from deviantArt
- The rest of the images are screenshots from my Potter Archives Tumblr blog

Harry Potter Plotholes Archives Tumblr Blog About Page

The post below shows the text for the Harry Potter Plotholes Archives Tumblr blog about page. I recently changed the theme on that blog. Before, it was using the Rustelia Theme. Now it's using the Clarent Theme.

When I changed the theme, I also decided to update the about page text. You can check out the new about page here. I didn't want to just delete the old about page though, so I decided to keep it here instead. This was last update on July 04, 2017 Tuesday.

Potter Plotholes Tumblr Blog About Page Text

Hi there. What’s up? I’m Freya Yuki, and this is my Harry Potter blog. Everything you’ll find here can be related to or is all about the 7-book magical and fantasy series by J.K. Rowling.

Yes, that’s right, even though the blog URL link only mentions plotholes, this site will be more than just about the numerous plot holes in the HP series (I just got stuck with the address since a lot of the HP-related ones are already taken).

By the way, are there any more fans of this series? It’s kind of sad that I ended up getting into this fandom when it’s no longer at the height of its popularity. I know others are likely interested in other stuff now, but I can’t help it if I still like Harry Potter.

I’m just getting into it now, so I’m looking forward to writing about it and just fangirling it (yeah, I know, I’m so late to the party that it’s practically over by now). If there are still any fans out there, I’d love to talk about this pretty awesome series with you, so feel free to contact or message me anytime you want.

Here’s a list of my other blogs on Tumblr:

Tumblr Blogs

• Freya YukiPrimary
• Hetalia ArchivesCurrently on hiatus
• Quote ArchivesDeleted
• Soyuz Mir

Tumblr Themes

I also make themes for Tumblr. They’re highly-customizable, responsive, and mobile-friendly with lots of options and features. You can take a look at the demo blogs to see them in action.

You can also take a look at my Themes page and my Themes blog for a more detailed description of these themes as well as more information about their features and customization options.

Tumblr Themes List

Mystic Summer	Install (for free)	Demo Blog
Weiss Zima	Install (for free)	Demo Blog
Rustelia	Install → Gumroad / Sellfy	Demo Blog
Sol Aki	Install → Gumroad / Sellfy	Demo Blog
Verde Frühling	Install → Gumroad / Sellfy	Demo Blog
Fiorella	Install → Gumroad / Sellfy	Demo Blog
Arica	Buy now | More info	Demo Blog
Rei Asa	Buy now | More info	Demo Blog
Clarent	Buy now | More info	Demo Blog
Jelana	Coming Soon	Demo Blog

Writing Sites

Aside from watching anime and reading manga and fantasy books, I also love writing. So, yep, I’ve also written and published numerous articles on the following sites:

Writing Sites List

• HubPages
• Persona PaperSite stopped paying, no longer active
• Daily Two CentsSite changed payment structure, no longer active
• WritedgeSite changed payment structure, no longer active
• BubblewsSite shut down
• NiumeSite shut down
• Medium

Other Blogs

I also have blogs on other platforms. Here they are:

Other Blogs

• Writing Archives (Freya Yuki)Google Blogger
• Freya YukiWordPress
• Anime Archives (Anime Meta)
• Movies Meta
• Writing Sites Meta
• Blogging Sites Meta

I write about all sorts of topics and subjects including movies, books, technology, world news, and more.

I also have accounts on Elance and Fiverr, and I’d be very happy to work for you, so feel free to hire me or contact me for details. You can also follow me on Flipboard, Twitter, and Pinterest.

For more info and details on all of the above, you can just check out the links that you’re interested in. For a more detailed, interesting, and entertaining overview of everything mentioned above, you can go here and here.

If you have any questions, comments, and/or concerns, etc, then please feel free to contact or message me anytime.

Last updated: July 04, 2017 Tuesday