I am not ready to write an article about whether it was a good idea or a bad idea for this site to remove the points system. In fact, I have been doing alright since the change. However, I do want to point out that this type of change and uncertainty is the exact reason that any writer should always post in multiple locations.
In addition to Read.Cash, I also post regularly on Publish0x, and most of the time on Steemit and Hive as well. I've been blogging in crypto sites for about two and a half years now. I have seen Steemit rise to become a significant site, and then fall into a now broken community and hardfork with Hive. I remember when the STEEM currency was worth over $5. Now it is worth about $0.16. Things change quickly in the crypto world. Any smart writer will post in multiple places.
Publish0x works by allowing readers to tip writers for their articles. However, it is unique because the reader who gives the tip gets to keep part of it. Even better, the site pays for the tips themselves! The reader selects what percentage of the tip they want to keep for themselves between 0% and 80%. The site allows you to tip up to five times per day, and tips range in value from about 5 cents to about 1 cent. The tips are mostly paid in Ethereum and Basic Attention Token.
If you are a writer I highly recommend publishing on multiple sites. Publish0x is my favorite aside from Read.Cash, but Steemit and Hive are also worth looking into. I am less familiar with other options, but crossposting between sites will get you more money, and if anything happens to one site, you'll still have a copy of everything you've written. The world of Crypto changes quickly, and you never know when a website might fall apart, make a stupid change, or have some other problem.
I am curious to see how the recent changes on this site will work, but I am not too worried about it since I crosspost to so many sites. It is nice to know you have options, and I recommend you all reading this give yourself that same flexibility and safety.
For those who want to follow me: You can find me on Publish0x. The site is great, and you can cross post there to make more money than just posting on one site, so why not join? https://www.publish0x.com/@LeftAntiPC?a=pnel78MdKB&tid=rc
If you are reading this but are somehow not already a member of Read.Cash, follow this link to join: https://read.cash/r/AntiSJWLeft
Thanks for the info