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Getting paid to play… social networking for cash…

October 23rd, 2007 · Comments

A new social network site is offering to pay users for taking part. Yuwie aims to reward users for activity and referring more friends to the network, taking inspiration from old-style pyramid schemes.
You get paid for changing your profile, posting content, and when users look at your profile and content. And you get a [...]

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Tags: business · user generated content

Coming to terms with changes

September 10th, 2007 · Comments

One of my favourite sites, Problogger, changed the look and feel of the site recently.
I like to give any site redesign or change a little time, as it’s easy to just dismiss or attack the unfamiliar. But I’ve had a sense of unease since the redesign, and there’s a simple reason why.
The old design came [...]

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Tags: Blogging