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    • In some cases the labor is well-compensated. In other cases the only rewards may be kudos or intellectual satisfaction. Crowdsourcing may produce solutions from amateurs or volunteers working in their spare time, or from small businesses which were unknown to the initiating organization. [2]


      Perceived benefits of crowdsourcing include:



      • Problems can be explored at comparatively little cost.

      • Payment is by results.

      • The organization can tap a wider range of talent than might be present in its own organisation.


      The difference between crowdsourcing and ordinary outsourcing is that a task or problem is outsourced to the public, rather than another body. The difference between crowdsourcing and open source is that open source production is a cooperative activity initiated and voluntarily undertaken by members of the public. In crowdsourcing the activity is initiated by a client, and the work may be undertaken on an individual, as well as a group, basis.[3]

  • In recent years internet technology has evolved to allow non-technical people to participate in online projects. Just as important, crowdsourcing presumes that a large number of enthusiasts can outperform a small group of experienced professionals.
  • It has been proposed the use of wikis to create public domain or
    GFDL
    solutions and machines. Wikimedia Projects are some example in this way.
  • Crowds targeted for crowdsourcing include garage scientists, amateur videographers, freelancers, photo enthusiasts, data companies, writers, smart mobs and the electronic herd.
  • While not a new idea, it is becoming mainstream. Open source projects are a form of crowdsourcing that has existed for years. People who may not know one another work together online to create complex software such as the Linux kernel, and the Firefox browser. In recent years internet technology has evolved to allow non-technical people to participate in online projects. Just as important, crowdsourcing presumes that a large number of enthusiasts can outperform a small group of experienced professionals.

  • Crowdsourcing



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    Crowdsourcing is a neologism for the act of taking a job traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people, in the form of an open call. For example, the public may be invited to develop a new technology, carry out a design task, refine an algorithm or help capture, systematize or analyze large amounts of data.

  • Crowdsourcing is a neologism for the act of taking a task traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people, in the form of an open call. For example, the public may be invited to develop a new technology, carry out a design task (also known as community-based design[1] and distributed participatory design), refine an algorithm or help capture, systematize or analyze large amounts of data (see also citizen science).


    The term has become popular with business authors and journalists as shorthand for the trend of leveraging the mass collaboration enabled by Web 2.0 technologies to achieve business goals. However, both the term and its underlying business models have attracted controversy and criticism.

    • on 2008-03-16 Akozoom
      very important as it goes far over its past... it grows.
      not only for workshop... but research...
  • Recent examples of crowdsourcing

    • Some of the pitfalls of crowdsourcing include:



      • Added costs post-completion of a project to bring a project to an acceptable conclusion.

      • Increased likelihood that a crowdsourced project will suffer failure due to lack of monetary motivation, too few participants, lower quality of work, lack of personal interest in the project, global language barriers, or difficulty managing a large-scale crowdsourced project.

      • Below-market wages, or no wages at all. Barter agreements are often associated with crowdsourcing.

      • No written contracts, non-disclosure agreements, or employee agreements or agreeable terms with crowdsourced employees.

      • Difficulties maintaining a working relationship with crowdsourced workers throughout the duration of a project.
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