%%USERNAME%%    %%ACCWORDS%% %%ONOFF%% |
July's Contests Are Now Posted!
Check Them Out...
Be sure to go to your favorite contest's page and click the heart in the upper right corner until it turns gold to become a fan!  Fanning the heart above fans the contest owner, which is a great idea, too! |
| Nice collection of contests again. |
Reply
| Thank you |
Reply
| Thank you for the reminder. |
Reply
To counteract some people's anti-AI stance, here's an article about how to use it more effectively. Apparently, it likes having a 'mission.' Huh. Who knew? I stopped asking ChatGPT questions and started giving it missions and suddenly the AI seemed way more motivated to help me | TechRadar https://share.google/8osLGPsb77iVQJc2I Note: I'm not saying all AI uses are great or there aren't risks. There are to everything. But there are benefits, too. |
Last Day!
Quick and Easy Opportunities are Ending!
 ALWAYS WANTS MORE ENTRIES
NOT QUITE YET AT MY GOAL OF 5 ENTRIES
NOW CLOSED
NOW CLOSED |
For those of you who don't follow Ẃeβ࿚Ẃỉtcĥ  (for whatever reason I cannot fathom), if you have any comedy items in your port you would like her to check out for possible highlighting in an upcoming Comedy Newsletter, check out her "Note: *Binoculars* Looking for a couple Comedy ..." |
In case you didn't notice, today is Adherennium   's anniversary! For all he does for us, I think we should give him some love! If you can afford to send him a MB, that would be amazing. He not only gives us MBs, he's commissioned them for the community to have.  Messages in his Notebook, cNotes, reviews, and anything else you can think of would be appreciated, too. What an amazing community member he is!!! HAPPY 4th ANNIVERSARY, Adherennium !!! |
| He had a stroke a few years ago, but before that, he was very active, was well-know for his love of horror, and started and ran
Ẃeβ࿚Ẃỉtcĥ posted "Note: [Embed ui0Qh8Gqz8j1LQ67YS]
RIP Angus. You will ...", though it wasn't seen by many. I appreciate WakeUpAndLive  for reposting it so more of us would see this sad news. For those who knew him, you know his leaving was a great loss to our community. For those who didn't, I'm sorry you never had the chance. |
The Month is Closing in...
And Only 2 Contests Left Open!
Open Contests  Closed Contests
 This is why it's good to not wait until the last minute to enter this challenge...says someone who hasn't started their homework that was due last Wednesday... EEK! In my defense, I couldn't because I was working Tuesday - Thursday on my test that was due last Monday. And I couldn't start my test sooner because I didn't turn in the paper that was due last Saturday until Tuesday, so you know. It's a bit like a homework traffic jam. LOL |
Odd
has very few entries this month. This is often when I have extra entries because the contests are so fast and easy to enter.
CLOSED -- Too bad, so sad -- you've missed out on this one FYI, if you only entered "Parenting Short Story Contest CLOSED"  in May, you can't also count it for your June entry. You have to enter a contest twice to count it for 2 entries. |
I thought it closed on the 4th Friday, No Sox with Sandals  ? Isn't that tomorrow? Why is it closed? What did I miss? |
I'm not against AI like some people on here, but this article was a bit concerning! In simulations, numerous AI models were willing to threaten, blackmail, or even kill people to prevent themselves from being replaced with other AI models or being wiped from servers. Eek! I'm still okay with using it, but if I had servers, I wouldn't have an AI on there. Though the ending of this article is pretty funny. Lol https://share.google/1FcsynV6eDderUWGA |
| AI is a tool and should only be used as a tool. But the fact it is contributing to the rapid despoilation at the planet, is measurably shown to be making people stupider, and gives wrong information... Why would anyone use it? It'd be like if my car got 1 mile to the gallon, blew up every time it stopped, and used GPS to take me where I don't want to go (i.e. - a Tesla), and me still insisting it is a good car. |
Sum1  - I have no trouble believing that humans only care about profit. If AI is to become ever learning, I want it to be like I Robot the book, not I Robot the movie. |
Remember Our Quick & Easy June Contests Over in
Give Them a Look!
NOW CLOSED -- You missed your chance to enter this contest Be sure to fan the contests and/or owners of the ones you love. Click until the heart turns gold! |
| When you want to reward someone's review, whether it was given to you or to someone else, take the extra time to give them actual review credits, not just regular GPs.   How do you give review credits?  You find their review on their personal review page or on the Public Reviews page and in the box in the upper right corner of the review, choose the number of GPs you want to give. When you submit that, a pop-up will appear. Here, you can include an optional message. Sending it without a comment will still send your GPs. Review Credits cost you the same, but allow people receiving them to be rated among the Most Credited Reviewers. (It's the first link at the top of the Public Reviews page.) https://www.writing.com/main/my_feedback/action/top_reviewers  Reviews must be credited within 2 weeks. You can credit anyone's reviews except your own, even if the review wasn't for your item. It's fun to look at people's rankings and see if you can make them move up by crediting their reviews. But you never know how much it will take because it depends on how much ahead the next person is. It could take 25 GPs or 25k for that person to jump the person ahead of them. lol |
Check out what Adherennium sent me! ![Merit Badge in Friendship
[Click For More Info]
Happy Solstice my Friend: Here is your inappropriate message:
Beware the IDs of Freud!](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/general-Friendship-650.gif) Click to see the funny message. Want a MB, too? Check out "Note: Happy Solstice WdC . [Embed uwSkXY3L1ifmg] I..." and his notebook for his previous post, but you'd better hurry! |
FREE GPs ALERT!!! Just a reminder that Charity Marie - <3  has a bank full of GPs and is giving them away to people who post thoughtful, connecting comments on her blog posts. She especially loves hearing how her post connected with you, impacted you, or how you can relate. She will even reward private comments, so feel free to share those personal stories you don't want others to know. She's also rewarding reviews of her blog! Again, she loves hearing how you connected with her blog and/or how it impacted you. She even sends review credits to those she really loves! Whatever you do, she's not looking for quickie responses. She's looking for real connection and genuine intent. And if your comment or review inspires an idea for a blog post, she will reward you a lot, like 2500-5000 GPs! That doesn't mean to just list off a bunch of ideas -- but to engage with her in a way that ideas flow.
In her ongoing effort to encourage genuine engagement, not just 'nice post' types of comments and reviews, in July Charity Marie - <3 will also be giving away, at her discretion, some MBs to those who have regularly given heartfelt comments and/or reviews that truly attempted to connect with her and/or her blog post. These are given for quality interactions, not just quantity.  For an example of comments she likes, check out the comments down to No Sox with Sandals on "Unhealed Trauma" . (Comments below that may also be good, but at the time of posting this, this is all that was posted, so it's all I can say she thought was high quality.) For an example of a review, check out Review of "The Phoenix Papers"  . Note that all WdC reviews must be at least 250 characters to be eligible for WdC rewards and review credits. The character counter is in the lower right corner just under the review, if I recall. If you don't know what to write for a comment or review, just write what you are thinking as you read through the blog post, summarizing your thoughts for each paragraph. What memories did it bring up? What emotions did you feel? What thoughts were you thinking as you read it? If it's a review, what could have made this better or what made this so good? Answering some of these questions for even some of the paragraphs should give you plenty to talk about for the blog post! |
| Oh my friend, as always, you've thoughtfully studied and provided a guide to others that is better than anything I could have written. You nailed it in every single way. Thank you so much! |
| Schnujo's Doing Homework - oh BS. It is not. People who are genuinely interested will TAKE the time. And won't mind it because they'll have learned from it. We have all got to get out of that three-second mindset that social media has trained us on. The really valuable things in life do not happen instantly. Ever. |
June's Quick and Easy Opportunities
So Quick and Easy, You Should Enter Several!
Closed |
I'm just making sure everyone saw Adherennium 's free MB opportunity! Post what community MB you want on "Note: Since it is the Solstice tomorrow - it's ..." and he will deliver it tomorrow (Friday). If it's already Friday when you see this, IDK if it's too late, but it doesn't hurt to post/ask.  |
View Portfolio
Visit Notebook
Send Gift Points
Awards
Badges
Send Email
Community Newsfeed
General Discussion
Sponsored Items
Book of Trinkets
Static Items
Books
Groups
Interactive Stories
Audio
Campfire Creatives
Community Notes
Crossword Puzzles
Documents
Folders
Images
In & Outs
Madlibs
Photo Albums
Polls
Product Reviews
Quizzes
Survey Forms
Web Pages
Word Searches
