You are right, Adrian, this is the best writing platform I have found regardless. The amount they pay plus the ease of use, and the commenting feature, and no ads, all combine to make it that way. Even with the readjustment of how earnings are calculated it is still better than others I have been a part of.

They just should have been more transparent and open with the writers, and most of us would not have had a problem. But as you say, they are a corporation and maybe we expected too much. Now we need to just go with the flow and get on with our writing.