Comments on: eHOW Members: An Unhappy Bunch!

By: unavailable

unavailable — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:00:40 +0000

Thanks for the heads up, I haven’t used Ehow for about a year and half and was shocked to find I couldn’t begin posting articles right away, but instead had to apply for the opportunity to make Ehow money.

After reading this article I can see that Ehow is a sinking ship, who in their right mind would sign away their article rights for a few pennies in income?

Choke on it and die EHOW!

By: snowfence

snowfence — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:48:57 +0000

I sure miss eHow. As like many others, I am sort of in a ‘limbo’. Many have survived the eHow disaster, and gone on to bigger and better things. As for me though, I would like to write again, but I just can’t find the motivation anymore.

You know… eHow IS still being used. There were thousands of friendships formed there, and those members with friendships are still using it to message each other. They share what they are doing now, give hope and ideas to those who just don’t know what to do now or where to go. If you check other writing sites, you will find most of us here and there… ALL still wishing that eHow hadn’t exploded…

By the way, eHow is still paying me even though I haven’t been allowed to write anymore articles since March. Keep on truckin’ fellow eHowers!

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:24:26 +0000

I agree that it's kind of annoying to be forced to go through Demand Studios, but after reading this Demand Studios Review I think they seem alright and I'll give them a try.

By: Angela R Beasley

Angela R Beasley — Tue, 11 May 2010 18:59:38 +0000

I was one of the more recent members of http://www.eHow.com. More specifically, I was on my second article upon notification of the switch to Demand Studios. During the short time I was there, I really enjoyed the eHow set-up and community.
I believe eHow became the site it was because of the freedoms afforded to the writers and self-policing efforts of the community. In my opinion, whenever you offer creative minds the freedom to express themselves without attempting to exert control over their creations, you typically end up with better results.

With http://www.eHow.com, writers were able to post their articles on eHow and their own web sites or blogs and still profit from eHow. Demand Studios is “demanding” (yes the pun is intended) that they own writer’s works (full ownership) in order for writers to be able to post to their site – pretty “demanding” isn’t it (yeah, I know, that one was overkill).

A lot of eHow writers were upset over the change and with Demand Studio’s policies. I personally do not agree with their policies. The great thing about the Internet is that we have choices and new choices pop up every day. The other great thing about the Internet is the ability to distribute your own content– or to start your own forum, blog or community with little or no overhead.