I Heard Your Cry For Help!

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John Welford recently asked,

Can somebody please explain what “Publications” are all about? (And a few other questions!)

I’ll start at the top of his piece and work my way down.

I don’t recall having to “apply” to the MPP so having to wait 5 days to hear back… the only thing I can suggest is maybe submitting a ticket to the Help Desk. You can do that here.

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The second issue is that of “submitting articles to the MPP”. That’s not how it works. When you hit Publish or Submit you’ll see a little box that needs to be checked off.

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Peep the blue box. As long as the “Meter my story” box is checked then you’re behind the paywall and will get paid for reads on that story.

Read time earns you money. Claps and comments do not.

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