Easy ways to make money for kids

Concerned 15 months ago

Paul Edmondson,

I think it’s wonderful that so many people are earning extra income on this site, if they can, considering our economy but….

Do you think it’s fair that a Hubber can post their opinions as fact and confuse their readers? When people get on their computers to search something important, and are led to these HubPages, they are not always aware that they have reached a site written by people voicing their “opinions” to earn money. Unless the reader looks into it as I have or the Hubber is honest on all their pages by stating that their info is “opinion” not fact, a person will never know. How come Hubbers are not monitored for this? It’s scary because the motive behind creating HubPages is to earn money, therefore, making it very easy for the Hubber to say what they want to generate the traffic they need to make their pages successful.

To prove my point, go on over to one of your top Hub Authors’ pages, Susan Peters. She has chosen a very hot topic to earn money; “Pet Food Recall” and hundreds of other pages concerning pet food. You will read numerous posts from people telling her she is confusing them with her contradictory ratings. When people ask her what her credentials are she completely ignores them. What upsets me the most is that these poor innocent pet owners who have either lost their pets due to the poisoning or have sick pets on medication for life are hanging on to Susan Peters every word. People are desperately searching for a safe pet food even after the initial recall. They think she is a veterinarian or pet food nutritionist but, she is neither, Susan Peters is a pet groomer. Would you take advice from your hairdresser on brain surgery? Please look at her readers postings to understand my anger. I have also read her court case on line, trying to sue a pet food company, and even the judge in that case states that Susan Peters lacks credibility due to the inconsistencies in her written complaints. I wish that judge would read her HubPages! It’s amazing what some people do for money.

Well, you will most likely tell me that it is impossible to monitor Hubbers because there are too many or that it is not your job or whatever reason you can think of. All I want to say is it’s completely unfair to be led to a site when searching for real, genuine information only to be fooled by a Hub Author’s opinions (in my case, a pet nutritionist wanna-be). Susan Peters topic is a very serious subject that involves the sickness and death of our beloved pets. No one on this site should be allowed to pretend they’re someone they’re not in order to make money, we all know that’s fraud… and with no monitoring and no need to prove credentials on any topic a hubber is writing about, this site has the potential of becoming the biggest train wreck on the internet. Trust me when I say I am not the only person who is irate over this and I’m sure more angry people will be speaking up, too.

In all sincerity, Mr. Edmondson, you helped create this site, so please do something about monitoring your Hub Authors. I believe by having an automatic disclaimer embedded onto every single hub page that is created, stating something like: “Please be aware that the topic on this page consists of the views and opinions of the Hub Author and not that of a professional unless otherwise noted”. At least readers wouldn’t have to go through what I went through…. searching Susan Peters advice for three days until a red flag went up causing me to research this site and who Peters really is. Save us this aggravation, please! And with all the technology out there, please don’t tell me it’s impossible to put a disclaimer on newly created or existing hug pages because I won’t believe you.

I wish the best to all the new Hubbers out there and I only hope everyone stays honest.