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by ComputerGuru 6613 days ago
It's brilliant. Everything from the limitations (real text files that can be indexed) to getting people to link their own stuff from other sites is very well thought-out.

There's a double-incentive for users to get their stuff at the top of Digg, Reddit, etc. First is the MBA they win, and second is the fact that it's _their_ stuff that's getting popular - pure brilliance!

And Scribd's slick licensing clause will make people submit their own, original content under an open source or CC license just for the chance of getting that MBA.