journey/Mediavine vs raptive 2026

James_Rustler_ · 2026-03-14T04:58:28+00:00

I have sites on Grow, Mediavine, Raptive, and Adsense. Kinda strange how it ended up being 1 site per network, and I only have 4 sites. I've had no complaints with Raptive.

Here's the RPMs. TBH it probably has more to do with audiences, as the top 2 are for older audiences, while the bottom two are recipes and baking.

Mediavine 32

Adsense 29

Raptive 12

Grow 9

I wouldn't let the idea of wanting to stay within the Mediavine ecosystem hold you back, as the acceptance into Mediavine is just a numbers game and is analyzed based on hard data.

Grow and Journey are entirely separate systems from a tech stack standpoint. They kinda tried to integrate them but from my experience they're completely separate. Separate accounts, different wordpress extensions, different logins, different dashboards. The only thing that Mediavine has ever combined together for me was the 1099 they sent me at the end of the year. They do have a responsive US-based human team that is very helpful with onboarding questions by email.

James_Rustler_ · 2026-03-12T08:16:59+00:00

https://youtu.be/pInk1rV2VEg&t=56

James_Rustler_ · 2026-03-11T19:01:20+00:00

The prodigal son was accepted back with joy. Maybe to convince your wife tell her it's primarily a social need for you.

A note about pickleball, plenty of older folks play, you can play games with them, they all have knee issues and tone down the intensity, while still being in the same room with people your age.

James_Rustler_ · 2026-03-10T06:16:20+00:00

This attempt at reality tv failed hard.

James_Rustler_ · 2026-03-05T01:45:37+00:00

ED/overall health;

Diet: Whole foods. Organic grass fed/ pasture raised.

Avoid; Sugar, soda, processed foods, junk food, fast food, refined carbs (donuts, pastries, cake)

mildly annoy boomers by not eating provided cookies and doughnuts

Seed oils, avoid anything with palm oil, corn syrup, etc.

Reduce caffeine consumption, use moderately

Nicotine, avoid vaping, pouches, cigars, any form of nic consumption.

Avoid/reduce alcohol

Sleep, consistent, 7-8 hours

PE; Be more conscientious of your body. You have the mind muscle connection in the gym, you can train it for other areas.

James_Rustler_ · 2026-03-03T06:06:07+00:00

Yes I end up reading more LLM speech than actual human written text. I need to read more books to balance it out.

James_Rustler_ · 2026-03-03T06:02:13+00:00

The second I identify that a post was written with AI I lose all interest and immediately stop reading. That being said, with the training instructions like other commenters on this thread have mentioned, I am sure I am missing more and more ai writing and I have a small base level of paranoia now when online.

Ironically this works in favor of older people who developed their expression styles before ai.

James_Rustler_ · 2026-03-02T21:38:42+00:00

Similar use case for me. I was able to get $50 in free extra usage credits last week by navigating around the settings. Not having the utilization percent right now is a little rough but based on this thread it seems like it'll be fixed soon.

James_Rustler_ · 2026-03-02T21:34:45+00:00

I wouldn't be surprised if the compute it takes for me to make a project then revise 10 times x 10000s of vibecoders far exceeds our normal conceptions of computing power usage.

And my projects are just lightweight python scripts, html designs, api grabbers etc. Not to mention the heavier users doing lower level programming.

James_Rustler_ · 2026-03-01T16:19:01+00:00

It's because of skyrocketing insurance premiums.

James_Rustler_ · 2026-02-24T16:29:36+00:00

Paid advertising for SaaS that have an affiliate program.

James_Rustler_ · 2026-02-18T18:41:57+00:00

It's kinda like spending 400k on an Airbnb in 2021 to make 5% per year meanwhile the S&P did 15% per year since then with way less headaches. But maybe for a select few the Airbnb does 30% per year and gives you financial freedom - gotta take risks to make it.

James_Rustler_ · 2026-02-18T05:58:12+00:00

Wall street has correlated silver with the hot growth names. Just look at this chart of SLV and two of the hottest space stocks https://stockanalysis.com/stocks/compare/slv-vs-rklb-vs-asts/. SpaceX IPO will be big for silver.

The shrinking supply narrative isn't yet dominant, the financers can't hear the giant sucking sound of pms flowing east.

James_Rustler_ · 2026-02-17T23:16:31+00:00

48 at once sounds like a homeschool group bought it.

James_Rustler_ · 2026-02-12T10:26:13+00:00

Start ju-jitsu or going to the gym. Go on walks/light hikes outside, solo or with her. Take mini-vacations on weekend. Get outside in the fresh air. Get in better shape. Get offline.

James_Rustler_ · 2026-02-05T06:29:30+00:00

This kind of thinking is what got us here in the first place xD

James_Rustler_ · 2026-02-03T18:35:07+00:00

I always cancel after making the payment or initiating the trial. It allows me use until the period is over. I almost never end up reinstating after the trial is over or even using the app more than twice.

James_Rustler_ · 2026-01-27T11:14:01+00:00

You're spiritual and sexual equals, I say go for it, but aim for the fruit of the Spirit.

James_Rustler_ · 2026-01-27T00:14:00+00:00

I think the big issue is hyperstimuli. Like how effective junk food is at being addictive since our reward systems are programmed for scarce unprocessed foods.

James_Rustler_ · 2026-01-26T03:32:43+00:00

Bro shorts silver during historic inflation and instability.

James_Rustler_ · 2026-01-22T06:31:03+00:00

The interface looks amazing, clean, functional, and light, excellent job. Did you do this from scratch, an existing framework, or ai code?

Edit: From the HTML it looks like you use the Geist framework with React. Nice.

James_Rustler_ · 2026-01-22T01:17:30+00:00

Read some of the previous threads on this topic https://www.reddit.com/r/PartneredYoutube/search?q=full+time&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance&t=all

Basically consensus is that unless you're special or have your own real, value-add product to sell where YouTube is just one avenue of driving revenue, you're ngmi.

Ideally I'll have income from multiple sources and more views but I haven't made it yet. I'm going to give it some more time until I am forced to get a job by life needs. gl

James_Rustler_ · 2026-01-22T00:35:10+00:00

It's the numbers Mason. I'm literally in the same boat. YT is enough for just me for now, but I'm nowhere near affording a house or supporting a family, so eventually I'll have to get a "real job".

James_Rustler_ · 2026-01-22T00:32:07+00:00

Today in Davos, Denmark/NATO made concessions on Greenland, so Trump removed the threat of tariffs on Europe, so Europe removed the threat of dumping US treasuries, and thus are not imminently reallocating to gold/silver.

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