How old do you have to be to get paid on associated content?

Demand Media, with its junk content and near-slave labor has fallen into the trash bin of internet history. What does this signify for the future of paid online writing, quality content and paid Q&A?

• Are we getting any nearer to a point when we can find useful answers online? Will writers get paid for writing? Or will the internet continue to be full of junk, and will business still regard writers as free labor?

• Answer:

  It's all about attention ... people don't tend to care too much about the source or origin of content.