Distribution disqualifications
Stories that contain any of the disqualifications below will not be considered for additional distribution.
Content that violates Create Your Moment Bloggings Rules including:
– Plagiarism or “borrowing” content without citation
– Duplicate content
– Non-compliant embeds (embeds that collect user information must do it off-site)
– Stories that promote intolerance or prejudice against individuals or groups, including the use of scientific or pseudoscientific claims to pathologize, dehumanize, or disempower others
– Stories that glorify, celebrate, downplay, or trivialize violence, suffering, abuse, or deaths
– Stories that exist mainly to target, shame, intimidate, or harass identified, identifiable, or anonymous people
– Nudity that is not content-supportive; it must be appropriate and tasteful to the story and is not allowed in the feature image
– Violent, graphic, or offensive images or videos
– Promotion of self-harm, suicide, or eating disorders
– Unsubstantiated accusations of illegal or unethical behavior
– Including personal or private information without permission (includes personal communications)
Clickbait
We want readers to feel their time on Create Your Moment Blogging is well spent and are taking a careful look at stories designed to drive views over value. We believe clickbait does a disservice to readers and writers and undermines Create Your Moment Bloggings overall ideology of spreading new ideas, deepening understanding of the world, and supporting nuance, complexity, and vital storytelling.
We’ve compiled a small list of four questions for writers and editors to use to evaluate and identify most clickbait formulas. If any of these questions can be answered with a “yes,” the story is likely clickbait and will not be considered for additional distribution:
– Is the title trying to exploit a reader’s personal worries, insecurities, or emotional state
– Is the title or story image more provocative than the content of the story merits?
– Is the title over-reaching or over-promising with claims or absolutes that are not verifiable
– Is the title withholding important context; misleading the reader; or using cliches, gimmicks, or cheap language?
You must ensure that the reader knows what they are clicking. The heading of the post must be related to the post itself.
You can read more regarding tips and tricks for writing great headlines.
Disqualifying story types
– No meta – no stories written about Create Your Moment Blogging
– Non-English stories (we can only review English stories at this time)
– Inflammatory business reviews
Disqualifying story elements
– Links in headlines
– Clipped stories — stories that are only partially on Create Your Moment Blogging and continue on another site
– Copyrighted images – Writers/pubs should use images they have the rights for and cite their sources.
CTAs
– In the story body, all calls-to-action combined are not to exceed 40% of the total story length. This includes crowdfunding links, social links, inline writer bios, links to other stories, allowed first-person promotion, publication promos — everything that’s not the story. Writers are free to promote themselves and/or affiliate products or services. Writers are free to use their bio and profile as they wish.
The statements, views, and opinions contained in curated stories are those of the authors and are not endorsed by, nor do they necessarily reflect the opinions of, Create Your Moment Blogging or its employees.
