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Are you finding it easier to get work done today? Are you plagued by fewer distractions? Perhaps you should thank Amazon. It turns out Amazon had a little hiccup this morning with its cloud services that some pretty big customers use. Those customers include Foursquare, Reddit and Quora, among others. I have to thank Chanel Lee of FanStuff for alerting me to the story. I read up on it over at The Next Web. I’m sure some users have felt a moment of panic — I’m one of them. How can I hope to maintain my status as Foursquare mayor of HowStuffWorks.com if I can’t check in?
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Stuff that make you go Hmmm #24 – You can get paid for posting comments on Reddit, Fark and Slashdot?
by Marshall Brain | February 11, 2011
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I was reading this article about Digg’s demise… Last Call for Relevance: Why Digg May Never Find Its Way Back …and way at the bottom there is this fascinating tidbit: Most would be shocked to learn that some of Digg’s competitors actually pay people to generate interesting, witty, and intellectual comments. It’s not discussed in [...]
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