Why this 19-year-old BuzzFeed quizmaker will no longer work for free

“I kind of got hooked on them because they were just really fun and BuzzFeed kept promoting them to their quiz page,” McMahon told As It Happens host Carol everything from pop culture to politics, it made its mark early on with relatable listicles and fun quizzes. The thought of getting paid for the quizzes never crossed her mind — until she saw a blog post by Matthew Perpetua, BuzzFeed’s former director of quizzes, who was among the 200 employees laid off by the digital media company last week. BuzzFeed also told the New Yorker that while McMahon was the second highest driver of traffic worldwide for a couple months in 2018, she was fifth overall for the year.

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