I spend a lot of time online, commenting, reading articles and writing blog posts. Over the next month, as my other blogs ramp up, I will be spending 4-6 hours a day doing this. But I'm getting paid for it.
Those who don't must get something from it. Fame? Or fame's geeky cousin, Acknowledgement?
Commenter Marshall Kilpatrick says: "The army of unpaid semi-casual but habitual contributors are an essential part of a really powerful news stream. What contributes them is an important question for sure. Probably unanswerable though, as are most questions of human motivation. Tends to come down to the value system of the person offering the answer."
And, finally, an answer given by the person that inspired the article: "Well, I don't have a job as I am currently a student. Even though "Jason" calculates that 15 minutes is spent on every story submitted, it's pretty much impossible to find a high amount of quality material by randomly searching through news sites. Sometimes my friends refer me to sites and other times I look through other news sites. Most of my time is spent browsing through sites on Digg, just like everyone else. I certainly don't work for Digg, but this site does combine technology and headlines news, two of my favorite topics."
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