clipped from: mashable.com 
With the top YouTube users becoming paid shills for Coke, and the top Diggers being accused of taking ‘cash for Diggs‘, it seems that the users of social sites are looking to be rewarded for their efforts. In fact, there are already plenty of services that will pay you for your participation. Here are nineteen of the best, plus a few bonuses.
Revver (link): One of the first sites to offer an ad revenue split for content creators. Revver will display an ad after your clip, and split the revenue 50/50. This has proven popular with YouTube users looking to cash in - the official LonelyGirl15 site uses Revver to help monetize those popular clips.
Metacafe (link): Metacafe launched Producer Rewards back in October, with a payment model based around the number of views your clip receives. You get $100 for 20,000 views, $1000 for 200,000 views and $10,000 for 2 million views. The offer is proving popular, with the top user earning more than $25,000.
Google Video (link): Google Video does pay certain users, but it’s highly unlikely you’ll qualify. They struck a deal with Eepybird to share revenue on their latest Diet Coke and Mentos video. However, the Sponsored Videos program is only open to a few select uploaders, and you need to submit an inquiry with Google to make it happen.
Cash for Photos
Scoopt, ScoopLive and CellJournalist (link 1 2 3): All these sites offer to buy your newsworthy photographs, sell them to media companies and send you a cut of the revenue. Scoopt is receiving the most buzz.
Cash for Writing
