Talk:Helium.com

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[edit] Criticism?

All the criticism here seems to be coming from one person, Craig Kohler. Everything written in the criticism section seems to be the result of this one disgruntled person. The 9th reference does not work. The whole section stinks of bias. --Jzyehoshua 22:10, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

For more criticism see: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/20/helium-marketplace-make-money-writing-online/ - not posted in the article because the criticism comes in the comments, though there sure is a lot of criticism there. Deramisan

Two types of criticism are not being differentiated: constructive criticism and variations on "Helium is cheating me/rating doesn't work" criticism. Many active members engage in constructive criticism on the boards, and Helium has been demonstrated to be responsive to such criticism. For example, when members critically examined the structure of previous contests, pointing specifically to the necessary quantity of articles diluting article quality and to a desire to write fewer articles to narrower topics, Helium responded by introducing channel-specific contests, tightening article standards, and altering and expanding the flagging structure for inadequate articles. This kind of criticism seems to increase as the Helium member becomes more familiar with the Helium structure.

In contrast, the vast majority of the second type of criticism about the Helium structure seems consistently to come from those with less than two months and twenty articles of Helium experience whose writing does not fall into the top percentiles of Helium users, as determined by rating: which in turn is held to demonstrate flaws in the rating system. This has the effect of creating a subject pool bias. In addition these writers, as many new writers, tend to write heavily to topics which have sharply lower individual earning potential, such as poetry, which reinforces the effect.

I don't give specific links because those links would encompass discussion across a wide number of threads on the Helium boards.

Disclaimer: I write as 'Tenebris' at Helium. I earn money from Helium, but I am not a member of Helium staff. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.112.27.54 (talk) 22:08, 22 January 2008 (UTC)