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Some Digg users have managed to find ways to get paid for "digging" stories, and such behavior was always considered to be questionable. Now, we have a new network called BuzzShed that could appeal, on some level, to these diggers. BuzzShed is actually a video-bookmarking service that's set up like a pyramid scheme, wrapped in the guise of a Digg-clone for videos.
This video-sharing network pays for its market research, giving you three membership options: a full-fledged member, a regular member, and an advertiser. As a full-fledged member, you'll have the option of earning money from your participation on the site. What BuzzFeed will do in this case is give you a 2-page questionnaire in order to determine your tastes, and then emails you "every so often" with clips that fit your personality. Give BuzzFeed some feedback on this particular clip, and you get 30 cents for your time. In addition, every member that joins the site as a result of your referral earns you $1.00.
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Other than this particular paying portion of the site, BuzzShed operates as a pretty regular video-bookmarking network, where you can add clips from YouTube or elsewhere, and vote them up or down. The only feedback mechanism for the regular aspect of the network is this voting system and any comments users leave in regards to a specific clip.