Demand Media Studios is a Fucking Scam!!! Reposted Because the Comments are so Fucking Funny
I wanted to try to score a few extra bucks, so I applied to a content mill called “Demand Media Studios.”
They are some outfit that pays you like $50 to write a 200 word article on one subject or another, which they then sell to apparently hard up websites and blogs and shit that I guess can’t write their own 200 word articles. Go figure.
Anyway, they rejected my application. Here is what they wrote:
Thank you for submitting your writer application to Demand Media. After careful review of your resume and writing sample, we are unable to offer you writing assignments at this time.
Due to the increased interest in freelancing positions at Demand Media, the approval process has become quite competitive, and we have had to turn down many high-quality applicants.
We sincerely thank you for your interest.
Best regards,
The Demand Media Team
Normally this wouldn’t bother me, EXCEPT MY FUCKING JOB TITLE IS WRITER!!!
I AM A PROFESSIONAL WRITER.
I am going to email them, I’m dying to know why they turned me down. My resume is excellent and writing sample was a whitepaper I wrote for the United States Senate.
What a bunch of assholes.
Demand Media Studios is a fucking scam.
obviously they’re a bunch of myopic cocksuckers!
For once I think I can honestly say I was overqualified for a job.
They didn’t hire you, so its a scam?
Maybe you didn’t reflect the standard that demand are trying to maintain? Based on the language in this piece, i can see why. Or maybe you are tying to “scam” traffic from the keyword “demand media”?
Surely with your obvious talents, you’ll pick up “writing” work from somewhere, or maybe not, hence why ur trying to “earn some extra bucks”.
PS i highly doubt you are “overqualified” but keep dreamin
sophiewalkerisaloser.com
Just one question asshole, how long have you worked for Demand?
Go fuck yourself.
Charming Sophia… You can add this dialogue to your “overqualified” resume
Shoot bullets @ demand all you like, they will laugh all the way to the bank with a $1.5bn+ IPO and you will still be…. well unemployed
winners are grinners & losers can pls themselves…
Me unemployed? Hardly.
I’ve got big plans for Demand, they’ve not seen the last of me.
I fully intend to have my cake and eat it too.
“Winners are grinners?” What a douche.
If you wrote like you write here, I’m not surprised you got turned down. Your writing is not really particularly good. I give you credit, though, for maintaining such an incredibly high view of yourself. It must help you through the hard times.
I also have written professionally. Nowadays, however, I spend most of my time as an editor, fixing other people’s writing–like yours. And yes, I’ll see your U.S. Senate and raise you a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a Department of Energy, and an Oxford University Press. You’re just not that good a writer–certainly not compared to who else is out there.
By the way, I’d be more civil if I were you. I suspect your mode of expression will begin restrict the range of job opportunities that become open to you in the future.
Well, since my job title is writer, I am just going to tell you to go fuck yourself.
Army Corp of Engineers? What a tool.
Oh, and maybe you should edit your own work jackass. What the fuck does “your mode of expression will begin restrict the range” mean? Begin TO restrict maybe?
I can’t believe a hotshot editor like YOU would make a typo like that. I guess you’re just not that good a writer…
You are aware you typoed your own anti-typo rant in the very first sentence?
Just sayin’. And sorry to hear the ninth grader paper – which was accepted – didn’t work out for you.
I’m allowed to make typos, I don’t claim to be an editor from the Army Corp of Engineers.
They didn’t hire you because they didn’t want to deal with you explaining to the world they they are in fact a scam. They pay $15.00 for a 400 to 500 word article not $50 for a 200 word article. But they’ve made it their practice to mislead people about pay. Claiming to pay $15 to $25 per hour in one breath or a revenue share without saying at what rate. Later writer will find our its fourth of previous market standard.
Writers that write for them are just screwing themselves. I’ve seen several folks now asking people to write for that rate lately. Then again that may be Demand Media just putting stuff out so as to appear so far off. Demand Media goes to great extents to mislead the public.
Sophia, they would never hire someone that could help to further expose their egregious business practices. I suspect that some of the folks replying to your post are nothing but plants.
To those employees and agents of Demand Media participating in a fraud even if ignorant of the law is a crime.
Let me just start off by saying I am not really going to discuss this post, I am just commenting here in order to plug my website, http://www.paid2spam.com.
I know that’s pretty sleazy and I am a spammer, but I need the money…
Wow, Interesting review of DMD.
I would guess this is a phrase. I have heard of people putting things on fb that they thought employers would not see. I find it hard to imagine anyone who has thought it through would actually use their real name and bash a company in the way done here for the reasons stated.
Would you want someone with your kind of attitude working for you? I think most would not.
Regardless of your writing ability you have very clearly demonstrated to anyone who may hire you that if there is ever a disagreement your willing to go to great lengths to bash anyone who offends you.
How I read this post:
I wanted to try to score a few extra bucks = I have not found enough work to meet my income desires
which they then sell to apparently hard up websites and blogs and shit that I guess can’t write their own 200 word articles. = I set a bar of “blogs and shit” as a standard that I will be better than
Normally this wouldn’t bother me, EXCEPT MY FUCKING JOB TITLE IS WRITER!!! I AM A PROFESSIONAL WRITER. = I am sure from your point of view that is probably true. One that has not been able to find a satisfactory amount of people willing to actually pay you for your work but a professional none the less.
I’m allowed to make typos, I don’t claim to be an editor from the Army Corp of Engineers. = once again it is someone elses problem not yours. Your too busy being a professional writer to be bothered with such small details as quality.
I’ve got big plans for Demand, they’ve not seen the last of me. = they are a billion dollar company and your trying to raise enough money for this months rent. I would imagine that they will allocate an appropriate amount of resources for your level of threat of their business model.
I don’t work for Demand and first heard about them about a week ago from another person in my chat room who thought I may want to write for them. I came across your site in doing a search about the company (I did sign up my blog http://www.paid2spam.com and was approved for their blog distribution network but too early to know if it will pay off or not)
For anyone ELSE (sorry Sophia, if this is real it is to late for you. This post will last as long as you do)reading this that may ever want to work for another. NEVER publicly bash employers. You make yourself look untactful and limit your future possibilities as people who hire will not want to take a risk that if things don’t work out at any time in the future they will have a headache to deal with.
Hey Robert, you are a scumbag spammer and as such can eat shit and die.
But I appreciate your being honest about being a spammer and likely a scammer too.
Are you a piece of shit Nigerian? I hope so…
And what did you mean by “I would guess this is a phrase”?
Couple of things. It’s not a scam that you did not get hired. It looks like you don’t bother doing your homework before you apply for work. DMS pays $15 for a 3-400 word article, not $50 for 200 as you wrote. Also, an award winning journalist (which you obviously are not) would not get hired for DMS either. Because the type of writing they (and you) do is not what they want. Taking a basic look at articles on their sites would have shown you that. They want short, clear answers to questions, not papers for the senate. If you’d simply done your homework and submitted an appropriate sample, you too could be churning out boring little articles for $15 a pop.
As far as you being a ‘professional writer’ simply because you got yourself a wordpress blog to rant on- that’s really laughable. How much are you paying yourself for your ‘professional content’? Too funny. I go out and look at the stars every night- that doesn’t make me a professional astronomer, even if I call myself one. It’s obvious you are not doing well as a ‘writer’ if you needed to get $15 articles to pay rent.
The other commenters were correct- who would hire someone who trashes their potential employer and can’t even get the facts about the position correct? Your attitude needs a major adjustment.
BTW- I WAS accepted to write for DMS over a year ago. That’s because I was smart enough to know that the pieces I write for myself are not the kind they are interested in- so I submitted samples that I wrote that were similar to what they publish. Professional writers know that they need to write for the market they want to get published in rather than assume every word they drop is gold-plated.
DMS has a lot of problems. Not hiring you is certainly not one of them.
This comment is just so fucking retarded I had to devote an entire post to my reply.
Please see my repy here:
MY REPLY TO THIS ASSHOLE
Oh what the hell I will paste my reply below as well.
I get a lot of great comments on my blog, and I love every one.
But while some of them are funny and add to the quality of my blog, most are just garbage, written by retards.
The comment I am posting below, in its entirety, came from some chick named Colleen who is really into Indians.
In case you missed Colleen’s email address on her comment, here it is again: vegicat@pacbell.net
Anyway, her comment is so pompous and so fucking idiotic I just had to respond to it with a full blog post.
Colleen’s comments are in regular type, my replies are in bold italic.
Enjoy.
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Couple of things. It’s not a scam that you did not get hired.
I NEVER SAID THAT IT WAS A SCAM BECAUSE I DIDN’T GET HIRED DICKHEAD. I SAID IT WAS A SCAM BECAUSE IT’S A SCAM.
It looks like you don’t bother doing your homework before you apply for work. DMS pays $15 for a 3-400 word article, not $50 for 200 as you wrote.
I GOT THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT FROM A FRIEND WHO WRITES FOR DEMAND STUDIOS. IF I’M WRONG IT’S BECAUSE SHE GAVE ME INACCURATE INFORMATION.
Also, an award winning journalist (which you obviously are not) would not get hired for DMS either.
AS A MATTER OF FACT ASSHOLE, I AM AN AWARD-WINNING WRITER. YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK YOU CUNT.
Because the type of writing they (and you) do is not what they want. Taking a basic look at articles on their sites would have shown you that. They want short, clear answers to questions, not papers for the senate.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SORT OF WRITING I DO YOU JACKASS.
If you’d simply done your homework and submitted an appropriate sample, you too could be churning out boring little articles for $15 a pop.
I APPLIED UNDER A DIFFERENT NAME WITH A DIFFERENT WRITING SAMPLE AND GOT HIRED, SAME AS YOU HOTSHOT.
As far as you being a ‘professional writer’ simply because you got yourself a wordpress blog to rant on- that’s really laughable. How much are you paying yourself for your ‘professional content’? Too funny.
I AM A PROFESSIONAL WRITER DOUCHE, NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS BLOG. MY JOB TITLE IS WRITER. AGAIN, DO YOUR HOMEWORK ASSHOLE.
I go out and look at the stars every night- that doesn’t make me a professional astronomer, even if I call myself one.
WHAT YOU ARE IS A FUCKING LOSER WHO GETS PAID BY DEMAND MEDIA STUDIOS TO LEAVE COMMENTS ON BLOGS THAT EXPOSE THEM AS A SCAM. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.
It’s obvious you are not doing well as a ‘writer’ if you needed to get $15 articles to pay rent.
I NEVER MENTIONED NEEDING MONEY TO PAY MY RENT, I PAY MY RENT JUST FINE YOU FUCKING IDIOT.
The other commenters were correct- who would hire someone who trashes their potential employer and can’t even get the facts about the position correct? Your attitude needs a major adjustment.
YOU’RE NOT THE ONE TO DO IT BITCH.
BTW- I WAS accepted to write for DMS over a year ago. That’s because I was smart enough to know that the pieces I write for myself are not the kind they are interested in- so I submitted samples that I wrote that were similar to what they publish. Professional writers know that they need to write for the market they want to get published in rather than assume every word they drop is gold-plated.
WOW YOU GOT HIRED BY DMS? YOU ARE SO AWESOME, CAN I SUCK YOUR STUMPY LITTLE DICK?
DMS has a lot of problems. Not hiring you is certainly not one of them.
AS I MENTIONED ABOVE, THEY DID HIRE ME. ONCE AGAIN I SAY IT, DO YOUR HOMEWORK YOU FUCKING CUNT.
Looks out from under the clutter of illiterately spouted curse words: D. just wants to say, count your blessing you didn’t get hired to write for the bottom of the barrel, information media trash heap.
Then again, you truly do seem to be qualified to curse your way through any port on the planet, so you could very well write travel logs for them, as to how to get your ass kicked on the docks?
If you are such a professional writer, then how come you can’t cogitate past common adjectives and appellative when trying to prove your point?
BTW, don’t bother to reply, I won’t read it. I know your limited mind set, so I’ve already intuitively read it in advance.
I’m sorry, I keep forgetting that people who don’t live in New York are utterly devoid of any sense of sarcasm, irony or humor.
Forgive me you poor, simple soul.
So, if you were to write a book, submit it to Little Brown, and they were to reject it, would that make Little Brown a scam?
If you applied and they turned you down, that would suggest that they are not a scam. It suggests that you weren’t what they were looking for. As a professional writer, haven’t you encountered rejection before?
Last night I applied to Demand Media and was accepted. I’m going to try them out, and then I’ll decide whether it’s a scam or not. Sorry you didn’t make the cut, but I was pleased to know that they’re discerning. If they accept every application, that would suggest a scam.
I guess I have to add the same reply to every idiot that comments on this post.
I DID GET HIRED WHEN I USED A DIFFERENT NAME AND WRITING SAMPLE.
Eat shit Louis you arrogant fuck.
Thanks for your response, Sophia. I’m on a shit-free diet (trying to shed some extra arrogance), so I’ll have to take a raincheck on your generous lunch offer. But now that you’ve got a little extra time on your hands, maybe you should have your thyroid checked.
Best,
Louis
P.S. Maybe they liked your second writing sample better than your first?
P.P.S. If you were a really good writer, you wouldn’t add the same reply to each of us idiots – you’d come up with a brand new slur each time!
Blah blah blah. Get a life you douche.
Hi, Sophia – I have a life, thanks. How’s yours going? Everything ok? You seem a little pissy.
Now that I’ve looked at the Demand Media literature, I still wouldn’t agree that it’s a scam per se, but the pay stinks! I mean, $15 for an article? It’s an interesting model, but I can’t work for so little.
Best,
Louis
You know Louis, considering all the comments you’ve left on my blog, maybe you’d be interested in writing content for me. Give it some thought…
I’m game. Contact me to discuss. Anyway, I looked over the articles and fees on Demand Media. Way, way, way below what I earn as a freelancer. I couldn’t take assignments like that. But I’ve been at this for a long time. Were I just starting out, Demand Media might be a good way to earn a few bucks and get a few publications under my belt.
Well, truth be told I couldn’t pay you anyway. I am just starting to make some money off my blog, and am looking for more ways to make it pay.
I would love to be able to hire people to write for me, but it’s really just a dream at this point.
I like your blog a lot. You’re a good writer. Good eye. Concise. Keep it up!
Sophia – I just ‘stumbled’ on this site while researching Demand Media and am really sorry I did…first of all, I would like to know what YOUR blog site is, so I can see if you truly CAN write sans profanity…Everything above indicates that you can’t and I suspect you couldn’t even get a job with your language with Hustler magazine. Just please tell me your blog site and omit any profanity in your reply (if you are capable of replying without such words) Thanks. “A published writer of articles and ‘Cover’ photographs over the past 40 years…Good luck to you in any case.
I’m sorry my blog confuses you, I guess you just have to accept the fact that you’re a fucking idiot.
Good luck with lying about your 40 years of publishing experience, I hope you find a job someday.
Just as I expected – TOTAL IGNORANCE – you don’t even know me and call me a liar…and you are too stupid to list the blog site for me to view…Get a life – the one you have is self centered and I feel sorry for punks like you…my ‘job’ days are well over…retired from the Associated Press . Will be 70 in May…an age you will NEVER reach with your present attitude (or lack thereof)..
Keep off my lawn you damn kids!
What do you mean “list the blog site” grandpa?
THIS IS THE BLOG YOU FUCKING IDIOT.
Oh and FYI, yes, I am a punk and damn proud of it.
There really needs to be an age limit on the internet, anyone old enough to wear diapers should be barred.
Get a clue man.
It is a scam!! I applyed and it said to me that I could not write. Yet I can write and I have a far more explicit command of verbaige than most of the persons who write their and basically have no credentials and plus I also have written for the goverment and I actually still have my official badge saying job staff writer still!! What a fucking con, Never mind I think the MAJOR periodical that payed me $600 for a feature last week has much better judgement than the scam Demand Studio!!
Wow, Nick. Congratulations for finding a publication willing to pay you $600 for your horrendous grammar. Have you ever heard of punctuation? Knowing a few vocabulary words does not mean you’re a good writer.
Andre. since you are used to getting a poultry $15 for your articles I am not surprised that you are jealous of when it comes to some one who regularly gets payed several hundred dollars per article regularly. Maybe you should expand your own vocabulary as you clearly are stuck on the bottom wrung of the ladder as far as professional writership is concerned as is obvious from your personal attack as any one can see in the above comment, I also don’t think you do not realize Demand is clearly a scam so maybe your research skills as a writer are lacking also!!
Sorry before you say it to score a cheap point I realize I said regularly twice by mistake.
And poultry instead of paltry…
“I can see clearly now, the rain is gone.”
Clearly, “Nick” is a troll who is trying to ruffle some feathers. No one could be this stupid. LOL!
Thank you for the laugh.
This whole thing is a riot, I love it.
Fortuitiously for you I’m too much of a gentle man to give you the response you clearly deserve Andrea.
That is fantastic, thanks!!!
A start-up internet TV news network is looking for writers. JamitNews reports on business. And news is continuous, which DS is not. Companies submit 300-word press releases (or smaller) and if the Assignment Editor deems it newsworthy, it will be transferred to a writer to edit it into a 200-250 word story (or smaller) to be read by an anchor on ITV. It is not necessary to do interviews or investigations, and you can work from home, so the work will be a breeze. Your earnings won’t be as bountiful as Demand Studios, but it will be simpler and producing 1,000 stories a day. To apply, go to http://studios.jamitnews.com/
I do believe Demand has problems. It is not a pleasant place to work for. Copy editors are overly demanding. They are often rude, which is demoralizing. The staff almost always sides with the copy editors — even if they are clearly wrong. And yes, the pay is lousy. They’re going for making extra cash now and then. They’re also great for people who are between jobs and haven’t found anything feasible.
However, I think it’s a bit much to call the company a scam. They do pay regularly. If they were scamming, they would accept people into the program and then not pay them.
“They’re GOOD for making extra cash…” Where’s a copy editor when they would actually be useful? LOL
I don’t think it’s a scam either. But I read that if you make a blog post with “Demand Media Studios” and “scam” in the title, you’ll get a huge amount of hits because Demand actually pays people to google those words and defend DMS on the blogs that have those words on them.
Too funny.
I see. Using a bit of the old “controversy” thing to boost traffic. Sneaky.
Don’t tell anyone!
Don’t feel bad, Sophia. I write for Demand Studios, but I have a friend with a graduate degree in English who got the exact same rejection letter. And just ignore those people from the Demand Studios Sucks website. They are a bunch of bitter, angry folks who have nothing better to do than make fun of people. Its really horrible the things they say about other Demand Studios writers just because they can be anonymous.
Wah, wah. Spoken like a true DMS zombie/hack.
Wow! This is some controversy here! And good points made by many. Pardon me for not scrolling up and referring by name to all those I support, but Weinstein made the very smart comment:
** Regardless of your writing ability you have very clearly demonstrated to anyone who may hire you that if there is ever a disagreement your willing to go to great lengths to bash anyone who offends you. **
That’s the bottom line I took away from all this. Yes, the pay is lousy, they clearly state that they’re buying ALL rights for so little and your whitepaper sample was turned down. But if you read right on the application before submitting, it states that they don’t want a very . . . oh, forget it. It’ll just cause a rant.
I wrote about just this thing about a year ago and it still applies. Public Forums 101 – Debate, Don’t Debase. http://www.nixonvs.com/blog/index.php/public-forums-101-debate-don-t-debase-1 Sure you can be mad, even through in a “hell” here and there, but this demonstration would remove you from the possibility of many opportunities should anyone comes across it. Heaven forbid one of your articles was ever returned for a rewrite. What might that cause? A car bomb? It’s just not smart.
Want a better opportunity? Find it, but being anti-social and just plain bitter isn’t going to get you the network who would forward a better opportunity no matter how skilled you are. Last Goddess? Wow.
Thank you Patricia for adding your name to the growing list of pompous douchebags who commented on this post.
It’s funny but just by reading what you wrote I can tell you’re really fat.
First, Demand Media is not a scam. I write for them, and they have always paid me within a couple of days of article submission. If you read the information provided on their web site, they are honest and forthcoming about how much they pay, and how they want articles written. It is your choice whether or not you want to write for this company. Second, to the individual who posted to this site. I really cannot say anything more than, “What a moron you must be.” If what you wrote here is a sample of your “professional writing” as you call it, then count your blessings you were hired anywhere. Maybe Demand Media is a better judge of “legitimacy” than you are.
Actually Jennifer, YOU are the moron for adding your name to the ever-growing list of humorless, irony-deficient assholes whose incredible arrogance forces them to comment on my post.
Unlike the lot of you, I already make a good living as a writer. I know this must burn you to the core, but I have the success as a writer that you pathetic wannabes can only dream of.
Sorry Jennifer, but I am a writer, and you are a content mill whore.
Go fuck yourself you jealous piece of shit.
There are variations referring to the phrase “living well is the best revenge.” I have a phrase for all the Demand Media Writers, employees, especially the CEO, Richard Rosenblatt, and other supporters of the corrupt DMD and it’s many d/b/a companies, which is “the view watching DMD and it’s rats drown as they jump off a sinking ship in the middle of the ocean with no life raft is a wonderful view!”
Demand Media cooked their books in the opinion of many economists for the past four years by how they pay taxes and junk writers. So much so that when Goggle phased in a BS filter and Demand Media stock dropped 40% in just April alone! OUCH! Can you imagine what it takes to lose 40% of your value in less than a month? Wait till the news of all their website violations gets reported. That’s going to be an OOOOO Snap & Wrap moment! Here’s a quote from one of their Administrators “2010-08-18 11:14:18 PM): THEY DONT NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.”
Demand Media does own eHow.com, so maybe there is an article on how a company can lose 40% of it’s stock value in less than 30 days!!
I’ve been writing since I was a child. I’m still pretty young (college age), so I guess it hasn’t been long. Sometimes I get articles and stories published. Mostly on friends websites, (but its not like I go around begging my friends to put it there, they usually ask me) sometimes in small publications. Sometimes I even get paid. But when I write something and try to get it published, I’m never asking myself if it’s gonna be profitable or whatever. I’m wondering if people are gonna like it as much as I do. And when people don’t like it, I’m not gonna say they’re assholes and don’t know anything- I’m going to remember what they didn’t like about it. Most of the time I don’t arrive at the conclusion of “They didn’t like it because they’re jealous dipshits who are wallowing in self-pity and can’t pull their heads out of their asses, and with God as my witness THEY WILL PAY!”
And, back a couple of years ago, when I tried to get a job with a similar company (Rudius Media) and they rejected my shit because it was substandard (and it really was), I stopped pretending like the measly checks I was getting for my stories before that made me a professional writer. I stopped telling people that I was. In fact, you could say that particular rejection made me stop looking at the world in terms of job titles like Writer, and it made me realize that not everything I crapped out in a word processor was literary gold just because people liked the stuff I wrote before.
Fuck, the point I’m trying to make is that you might make a substantial portion of your income (or it could make up all of it, or maybe this blog really is your only claim to being a professional writer) from writing, but this post alone proves that you aren’t professional. It proves that you’re childish (throwing a little “IM A WRITER GODDAMMIT IT SAYS SO IN THAT EMAIL I SENT YOU” tantrum), and petty (are plotting some kind of revenge? You’ve alluded to it), have the self-esteem issues of a fifteen year old girl (YOUR ALL JUST JEALOUS OF ME), and also you’re just kind of dumb. You remind me of myself when I was 17.
Congrats Zack, you’re another asshole added to my list. Cheers!
Hey Sophia, I don’t think you are sound very intelligent. Are you sure you are a professional? You keep implying people are jealous of you, but I don’t think anyone could be? I’m a college professor and I also work for Demand. Calm down and perhaps try a new profession. You know, people wouldn’t treat you like you were five if you wouldn’t act like a smug bitch.
Well Sarah, I think you sound like a cunt. Is that professional enough for you?
This entire conversation cracked me up. Soph, put on your sunglasses, gal, and don’t forget to use those commas! Does this rag really bring in some cash for you? I love an unqualified bit of cussing. Bet you don’t wear underwear either. I know, I know, I’m a douche. At least I don’t wear diapers….yet.
I just love that so many wannabe writers can’t help but comment here. It must chafe their asses to know that I do for a living what they can only dream of. I make a good living as a writer, so I say suck it bitches.
Honey, I’m not a “wannabe writer”. I teach college, write for several journals, and have done two dissertations at the graduate level. Why are you so angry? You don’t like Demand, so find work elsewhere. It sounds like the only person who is jealous is you, for raving like a lunatic and getting people going. Seriously, why complain. Move on to another topic now, kthanksbye.
Thanks for your comment Edgar. It proves that despite your silly boasting, you’re just another pathetic putz who can’t resist the urge to comment and look like a fucking fool. Another name to add to the ever-growing list of wannabe assholes.
I don’t know what kind of “professional” writer you presume to be, but it’s comical to think it has earned you a “good living” in NYC of all places. Perhaps you live a little upper of the Upper East Side, turning tricks in a Harlem crack den? The payout is probably similar to Demand Studio, but I guess you’ll never know about the latter. And it’s a joke how you think your status as a New Yorker automatically imbues you with some kind of intellectual superiority or sense of “humor” or “irony” outside the conceptual grasp of the hoi polloi. There is nothing special about you whatsoever. You are one little asshole surround by an ocean of assholes. Put simply, you and the pompous idiots who reinforce your sociopathic tendencies are why the terrorists hate us. Off-color joke incoming: Why did the towers fall? Mohammed Atta heard you had a consult with Cantor-Fitz.
As an *actual professional writer with a better education than you – aka someone who doesn’t have to supplement his income with Demand Studios – it’s clear that you are:
1. A sad excuse for a “writer”
2. A raving idiot with possible psychological issues
3. Moderately effective at veiling your idiocy and incompetence under the guise of “irony”
The truth is you are the female version of Donald Trump, except for being poor and living in some low-class shit hole. And I know you will probably try to extol the virtues of your shitty neighborhood if you don’t outright delete my comment. Even if someone puts a sign that says “arts and culture district” on a port-a-john, the fact is it’s still full of shit. And if someone puts a sign that says “totally post-hipster ironic sophisticated professional writer” on a pile of poodle droppings… well, you get the point. Problem?
Sorry Nelson, but for all your pissing and moaning, I am still a professional writer. My job title is “Writer,” I don’t think it gets much better than that.
You are just another jealous piss-ant whose brittle ego was so shattered by my post that you just HAD to comment, you couldn’t help it.
I love it when cunts like you comment, it’s just more for me to laugh at.
Adding you to the ever-growing list of fools who couldn’t resist commenting.
I’m not sure what all the hostility is here. I got hired and I have been rather successful. No need to be bitter…maybe your writing style just wasn’t what they were looking for. There’s a million other online writing sites out there. I recommend checking writejobs.com and examiner.com .
Who the fuck are you supposed to be, the Dalai Lama?
We don’t need your smelly hippy horseshit here.
Hostility makes the world go wrong asshole.
AHAHAHAHA wow you’re a bitch. I’m actually not a hippie, nor am I “the Dalai Lama”, but I’m pretty sure “hostility doesn’t make the world go ‘wrong’”. PS- I’m sorry to hear your genital warts are incurable but you need to get out more. Cabin fever is turning you into a CUNT.
Clearly you’re not a writer.
Well, according to your “professional writer” status as “Writer” and seeing that is also my profession, I am sorry to tell you I am also a “professional writer”. :::GASP::: Oh yeah, and one more thing about that genital condition-you should probably stop deep-throating your dick.
Another jealous asshole to add to the list. Brilliant.
Just wondering why you are so angry about DMS. You must be very bored. Aren’t there more important things in the world to be angry about? World hunger? Wars? The hole in the ozone layer? Aids? Political injustices? Racism? Reality t.v.? The oil industry? The dying oceans? Bullying? Child pornography…BTW I did’t bother reading through all of your rantings, I stopped after going through about a quarter of them, as I’m sure do most people.
Also, how come I have never heard about you if your such an important writer? Please direct me to any one of your great literary works. The above comments do not apply.
I am not an important writer, I am a professional writer.
Congratulations! Why aren’t you as mean to me as to the other people who commented? I was looking forward to having my head bitten off?
Because your comment wasn’t retarded, it was simply inaccurate.
Oh, oh! Flame me! FLAME ME! Wait, even better, flame me on my website: (removed by editor). Please tell me how retarded I am! I HAVEN’T BEEN INSULTED TODAY!! PLEASE!!!
Sorry, no free traffic for you!
AWWWW! Dammit! (grumbling) What a bitch…
I agree with you. To me they are a piece of shit. Losers!! I hope they go bankrupt very soon.
Wow!!!! Sophia Walker is a very angry person. I wonder just how she might respond to that reflection. Her writing is very evil, and it’s like hearing from someone who is demon possessed.
Demand Studios is a piece of ****. I agree with Sophia Walker. I hope they become bankrupt really soon. Piece of **** losers.
Interesting, so to be honest, here I am for the sole purpose of being added to the list….
Anger is understandable, and at times justified. However spewing anger in nearly every post, or reply?
I am published, but primarily I write technical documentation. That being said I do not place “Writer” as my title. I prefer Network Engineer.
I am craving to read your reply. Am I old, young, stupid, fat, skinny, or better, somehow a male “Cunt”. That remark I reveled in, when you slammed that on a previous reply by a person of the NON-Female gender.
Please!, Please!, PLEASE!!! flame me, with vigor and intimidation using lots of colorful four letter adjectives.
But one last thing that will surely bring on that hostility that seems to drive you on, ANY ONE CAN TAKE ON THE TITLE OF “WRITER”, by putting a sentence together and writing it down makes that true. However, taking on the JOB TITLE, does not make you a good writer.
I too am curious, do you have any examples of any thing good you have written, or is this blog it?
Oh yes one last thing, do you have any income generation other than the advertising you generate from all of the links on this blog, or sadly is this it?
If so, I would refrain from slamming any former employers as pointed out so well before. It has quite a detrimental effect on ones future ability of gainful employment. It seems that employers Troll websites, and GOOGLE names during the background searches on candidates, and so far,,,, doesn’t look good for you….
Perhaps an Anger Management Class might be in order….
Wishing you the best.
While waiting for the personal attack, your reputation implies is coming my way, please do not dissapoint!!!
Common Sophia, defame me, curse me, swear at me.
Sophia, to remove my posts without a retort?
This is my third post, still looking for that tongue job!!
Why you are loosing that edge, at least call me a male “Cunt”, and tell me where I can stick it…..
I need a good insult, I have not had one in ohhhh so long..
I do not run a Blog, and do not normally post on one, but I stumbled across this one, and want to join in on the fun….
I do not work for Demand Media, but if I lie and say I do would you rant at me?????
Has your fire gone out?
Make my day. I promise I can take it…
Thank you for the laughs. Nice work with the SEO. I was just surfing and wanted to know what was up with Demand Media, and stumbled upon this thread, which is very funny. I personally find the profanity refreshing. Thanks!
What’s your job title again, Sophia? I think I missed it…
My job title is lyrical assassin.
I once knew a lady who could tastefully cut-down anyone she wanted without using a single curse word. Now she was a writer.
Your grandmother sounds like a wonderful old girl.