My 499th Triond Article
Just one more article to go to reach my goal of posting 500 articles on Triond.
And it only took about four and a half years! I remember how stoked I was when I reached the 50 article mark – and Triond didn’t even have badges back then. I wrote this article to celebrate.
There is something magnetic about Triond. No matter how much the writers complain about the site and announce that they are leaving for good, they keep coming back. What is it about Triond that keeps the writers here?
It certainly is not for the money. In four and a half years I have earned a grand total of $128.36 from Triond, although I have also received a little over $100 from Google Adsense, and most of that came from Triond articles. It was really weird, though, how excited I was to see those earnings grow by the pennies. I have heard the same thing from fellow Trionders – it must be some sort of contagious insanity travelling through cyber space.
There was definitely a pervasive insanity that drew me into the Triond forums. I am a born again; Fundamentalist, Evangelical Christian and I enjoy discussing religion. The forums were a bit of a shock to my system, but I couldn’t resist the challenge of debating with the atheists and agnostics who hung out in the forums. We had some doozies that would go on for days. I lost a lot of sleep from being too stubborn to go to bed and miss whatever the people in other time zones were saying. I kind of miss those forum debates, even though I think Triond did the right thing in shutting them down for the festering slime pit of depravity that they became.
I have very much enjoyed the opportunity to meet (figuratively) writers from all over the world. It is mind-blowing to read the list on Google Adsense of all of the countries where people have opened my articles.
I don’t know whether it is narcissism or masochism that keeps us here, presenting what we have crafted with words, inviting critique from our fellows and hoping that we get some feedback, praying that the positive feedback will outweigh the negative at least a little.
I think that the one thing that will keep me submitting the occasional article here is the freedom to write whatever I want to (within the limits of Triond’s terms of service), with no deadlines. It doesn’t pay much, but that is the difference between a worker and an artist. The artist is willing to sacrifice pay for freedom, which means that unless the artist is exceptionally talented, very diligent with self promotion, and/or catches a lucky break, that he or she cannot earn a living from art. (Pause for dramatic sigh of inspirational self sacrifice.) It also helps to carry a very large shovel.
Hope you have enjoyed my 499th Triond article, and hopefully I can come up with something good for my 500th. Any suggestions?
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July 29th, 2012 at 6:46 pm
Well written. Thank you.
July 29th, 2012 at 7:06 pm
Keep it up your doing great, I always enjoy your articles.
July 29th, 2012 at 7:35 pm
Wow, that’s what you call prolific! Congratulations Karen! Hope to reach that too.
July 29th, 2012 at 8:21 pm
Hello Karen, Congrats on your 499th, can’t wait to read your 500th. Perhaps you could write about your favorite Christian artists (if you know very many)…..just an idea, be blessed and may your success continue.
July 29th, 2012 at 8:45 pm
Keep it up, Karen!
I miss the forums, too, though I understand why they closed.
July 29th, 2012 at 9:45 pm
Congrats! I still have 73 articles to reach that point.
July 29th, 2012 at 10:09 pm
I’m like you and I just keep handing on here at Triond and I do for much the same reasons you give. I think article 500, should be ” Oh No, Not Another Doggie etc, etc.
July 29th, 2012 at 11:46 pm
Congrats on achieving that milestone! I look forward to the day I reach the big 500.
I actually just joined the site and published my very first article. Please read and comment on it at:
http://socyberty.com/work/tips-on-how-to-find-a-job-that-suits-your-skills-and-interests/
July 30th, 2012 at 12:19 am
wow. that is what people call as achievement. keep writing more.
July 30th, 2012 at 3:10 am
Almost there!
July 30th, 2012 at 7:57 am
Congrats! It is not easy to achieve that milestone when so many of us are so busy with work, family and other obligations.
Great article.
July 31st, 2012 at 9:32 am
I really enjoy your writing, I wish I’ll be stubborn enough & Triond will still be appalling enough for me to reach my 499 article.
August 1st, 2012 at 12:29 am
GReat article Karen, may be you could throw a writer’s party to celebrate 500 articles, with party recipes and such like
August 3rd, 2012 at 12:18 am
Congratulations! Blesssings and best wishes to you
August 11th, 2012 at 12:39 am
You are so right about the leaving and returning bit Karen. I’ve learned to eother say nothing or announce I’m taking a break! I actually thik the quality of Triond has started improving again, which is so good.
August 16th, 2012 at 11:46 am
Yea for you Karen. Keep up the good work.
September 11th, 2012 at 10:06 pm
Nice!
September 13th, 2012 at 4:16 am
Congratulations! And you’re dead on the nail about Triond having an addictive quality.