Comments on: Helium.com http://www.penciltrick.com/index.php/technologycomputer/helium-com/ Fighting the trained monkey in modern society. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:41:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mitch Bensel http://www.penciltrick.com/index.php/technologycomputer/helium-com/comment-page-1/#comment-182502 Mitch Bensel Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:28:08 +0000 http://www.penciltrick.com/?p=226#comment-182502 Helium has kept me from my site, yet continues to make money from my words... I have tried to remove my writings and was not allowed.. i just attempted to update it.. and was not allowed.. i was told my account was cancelled and yet my site is still up..with their ads next to my writings.. I WANT TO BE REMOVED FROM THEM IMMEDIATELY..not sure how to get it done..but they are not good types.. they take your work and make money from it.. Helium has kept me from my site, yet continues to make money from my words… I have tried to remove my writings and was not allowed.. i just attempted to update it.. and was not allowed.. i was told my account was cancelled and yet my site is still up..with their ads next to my writings.. I WANT TO BE REMOVED FROM THEM IMMEDIATELY..not sure how to get it done..but they are not good types.. they take your work and make money from it..

]]> By: ccutter http://www.penciltrick.com/index.php/technologycomputer/helium-com/comment-page-1/#comment-164490 ccutter Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:08:31 +0000 http://www.penciltrick.com/?p=226#comment-164490 I absolutely agree that Helium sucks. As a matter of fact, right before I closed my account from them, I changed my pen name to HELIUMSUX so it's at the top of all of my articles. They advertise themselves as a web site for writers, you do nothing but read and rate and the content that is contained on their website is for the most part, overworded rubbish that some 13 year old kid eating cold pizza and drinking flat code red mountain dew randomly flips through and haphazardly assigns a rating just so that he can get the million or so ratings in to earn the fraction of a percentage of $0.01 for the millions of hits. It's absolutely rediculous and I simply want my material back so that I can post it to a better web site and get paid for it appropriately. In addition, I do not want any of my material, my pen name, or my pay-pal account associated with Helium. So what did they do? They kept the articles, kept their money, and removed my access to make any further changes to my account. Crooks, criminals, and no-goodniks hiding behind their terms of use which is the only thing that is actually well written on their web site. Raping honest writers out of earned money. I absolutely agree that Helium sucks. As a matter of fact, right before I closed my account from them, I changed my pen name to HELIUMSUX so it’s at the top of all of my articles. They advertise themselves as a web site for writers, you do nothing but read and rate and the content that is contained on their website is for the most part, overworded rubbish that some 13 year old kid eating cold pizza and drinking flat code red mountain dew randomly flips through and haphazardly assigns a rating just so that he can get the million or so ratings in to earn the fraction of a percentage of $0.01 for the millions of hits. It’s absolutely rediculous and I simply want my material back so that I can post it to a better web site and get paid for it appropriately. In addition, I do not want any of my material, my pen name, or my pay-pal account associated with Helium. So what did they do? They kept the articles, kept their money, and removed my access to make any further changes to my account. Crooks, criminals, and no-goodniks hiding behind their terms of use which is the only thing that is actually well written on their web site. Raping honest writers out of earned money.

]]> By: Star http://www.penciltrick.com/index.php/technologycomputer/helium-com/comment-page-1/#comment-120374 Star Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:26:53 +0000 http://www.penciltrick.com/?p=226#comment-120374 The staff that I dealt with at Helium.com is totally abusive, malicious, and unethical. They simply cannot publish my work without my permission. This is called "infringement!" First of all, none of us, the former Helium.com writers signed any written or verbal contract that Helium.com could do whatever it wants to do to us, the former Helium.com writers whether the action is right, abusive, or torturing! Secondly, when the writers requested Helium.com to remove the article we written, it is their duty and our right for the articles to be removed. Thirdly, when they still refused to do what they should have done and needed to be done, it is called intentional infliction of distress including violations of human rights and human freedom! I have been with Helium for only a few months, their unethical and abusive behaviors are written all over their face and the way how they fraudulently presented information to me and to other writers! Lets contact the attorney general's office and file a class action law suit against Helium.com! Sincerely, A Former Helium.com Writer The staff that I dealt with at Helium.com is totally abusive, malicious, and unethical. They simply cannot publish my work without my permission. This is called “infringement!”

First of all, none of us, the former Helium.com writers signed any written or verbal contract that Helium.com could do whatever it wants to do to us, the former Helium.com writers whether the action is right, abusive, or torturing! Secondly, when the writers requested Helium.com to remove the article we written, it is their duty and our right for the articles to be removed. Thirdly, when they still refused to do what they should have done and needed to be done, it is called intentional infliction of distress including violations of human rights and human freedom! I have been with Helium for only a few months, their unethical and abusive behaviors are written all over their face and the way how they fraudulently presented information to me and to other writers!

Lets contact the attorney general’s office and file a class action law suit against Helium.com!

Sincerely,

A Former Helium.com Writer

]]> By: Bright&Shine http://www.penciltrick.com/index.php/technologycomputer/helium-com/comment-page-1/#comment-120372 Bright&Shine Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:23:40 +0000 http://www.penciltrick.com/?p=226#comment-120372 The staff that I dealt with at Helium.com is totally abusive, malicious, and unethical! They simply cannot publish my work without my permission. This is called "infringement." First of all, none of us, the former Helium.com writers signed any written or verbal contract that Helium.com could do whatever it wants to do to us, the former Helium.com writers whether the action is right, abusive, or torturing! Secondly, when the writers requested Helium.com to remove the article we written, it is their duty and our right for the articles to be removed. Thirdly, when they still refused to do what they should have done and needed to be done, it is called "intentional infliction of distress including violations of human rights and human freedom!" I have been with Helium for only a few months, their unethical and abusive behaviors are written all over their faces and the way how they fraudulently presented information to me and to other writers! Lets contact the attorney general's office and file a class action law suit against Helium.com! Sincerely, A Former Helium.com Writer The staff that I dealt with at Helium.com is totally abusive, malicious, and unethical!

They simply cannot publish my work without my permission. This is called “infringement.” First of all, none of us, the former Helium.com writers signed any written or verbal contract that Helium.com could do whatever it wants to do to us, the former Helium.com writers whether the action is right, abusive, or torturing! Secondly, when the writers requested Helium.com to remove the article we written, it is their duty and our right for the articles to be removed. Thirdly,
when they still refused to do what they should have done and needed to be done, it is called “intentional infliction of distress including violations of human rights and human freedom!”

I have been with Helium for only a few months, their unethical and abusive behaviors are written all over their faces and the way how they fraudulently presented information to me and to other writers!

Lets contact the attorney general’s office and file a class action law suit against Helium.com!

Sincerely,

A Former Helium.com Writer

]]> By: Andrew http://www.penciltrick.com/index.php/technologycomputer/helium-com/comment-page-1/#comment-83261 Andrew Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:23:30 +0000 http://www.penciltrick.com/?p=226#comment-83261 Helium is a scam. Why? There is no contract in the traditional sense. Their contract has always reserved the right to change the terms at any time for any reason. The author receives no written contract. Also, simply signing into the site ensures that the writer is trapped into agreeing to the new contract with new rules. The older articles written under the original contract are not grandfathered. The older articles are paid out under new rules, whether or not the author likes the new rules. In addition, in order to rate so the authors articles will earn money, the author must sign in. Hence there is no way to avoid agreeing to the new contract. Moreover, if you must rate to earn money, you are working for free because rating takes up a lot of time. If you do not rate, your articles do not earn money. The rating requirement was not in the original Helium contract. It was changed later. Also, Helium has a tendency to ban writers who simply complain about the new rules. When an author is banned Helium keeps their articles on the site, and refuses to remove them. Helium makes income off these articles. I have complained to the state attorney general of Massachusetts about Helium and they agree that Helium is unethical and unsavory and likely abusing writers. The problem is that they need to receive a lot of complaints about the payment issue before the state can take legal action on a class action basis for the writers. The state attorney general will have someone pose as a writer and than politely complain about any mistreatment from Helium. If the writer is banned or the issue unresolved. The state attorney general can take action. The state attorney general will also question the nebulous ever changing contract Helium unfairly rail roads their writer into agreeing to. So, everyone, please write to the state attorney general consumer protection division in Massachusetts to complain about Helium. They will not reveal your name to Helium so you can still access the site and need to have no fear of being banned. If enough people complain we can get the site shut down. Spread the word.....Complain, complain, complain. Otherwise Helium will continue to get away with abusing their writers. Helium is a scam.

Why?

There is no contract in the traditional sense. Their contract has always reserved the right to change the terms at any time for any reason.

The author receives no written contract. Also, simply signing into the site ensures that the writer is trapped into agreeing to the new contract with new rules. The older articles written under the original contract are not grandfathered. The older articles are paid out under new rules, whether or not the author likes the new rules.

In addition, in order to rate so the authors articles will earn money, the author must sign in. Hence there is no way to avoid agreeing to the new contract.

Moreover, if you must rate to earn money, you are working for free because rating takes up a lot of time. If you do not rate, your articles do not earn money. The rating requirement was not in the original Helium contract. It was changed later.

Also, Helium has a tendency to ban writers who simply complain about the new rules. When an author is banned Helium keeps their articles on the site, and refuses to remove them. Helium makes income off these articles.

I have complained to the state attorney general of Massachusetts about Helium and they agree that Helium is unethical and unsavory and likely abusing writers.

The problem is that they need to receive a lot of complaints about the payment issue before the state can take legal action on a class action basis for the writers.

The state attorney general will have someone pose as a writer and than politely complain about any mistreatment from Helium. If the writer is banned or the issue unresolved. The state attorney general can take action.

The state attorney general will also question the nebulous ever changing contract Helium unfairly rail roads their writer into agreeing to.

So, everyone, please write to the state attorney general consumer protection division in Massachusetts to complain about Helium. They will not reveal your name to Helium so you can still access the site and need to have no fear of being banned.

If enough people complain we can get the site shut down.

Spread the word…..Complain, complain, complain. Otherwise Helium will continue to get away with abusing their writers.

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