Crowd-Sourcing Community Problems and Projects
Use crowd-sourcing to lower the personal costs of participating in community activities.
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Zooniverse: Scientific Research through Crowdsourcing
Zooniverse allows the general public to analyze scientific data and allows faster solving of big scientific problems.
Amazon Studios: Using Crowds to Find Their Next Hit
Amazon Studios is disrupting the traditional film and TV development process by letting crowds submit scripts and help pick their next productions.
Angie’s List: The Original in Crowd-Sourced Reviews
For over 20 years, Angie's List has leveraged technology to help homeowners make wise purchasing decisions, but does the company have staying power?
Amazon Studios: Crowdsourcing Content and Feedback
Amazon Studios successfully uses crowdsourcing to increase the number of television and film submissions and to decide which ideas to produce.
I’m not a Robot!
How ReCaptcha helped Google digitize all books
Solving Crime the Crowdsourced Way
Could the wisdom of crowds help to solve crimes?
Ancestry.com: Crowdsourcing Genealogy
Ancestry.com uses a combination of technology, historical archives, DNA testing and the contributions of members to help amateur genealogists trace their family histories. Ancestry has over 2.5M paying subscribers and over 20Bn records dating back to the 13th century that […]
Boaty McBoatface- Lessons From Failed Crowdsourcing
Britain’s NERC elected to ‘crowd-source’ the name of its new $300mm research vessel. The Public responded with 124,000 votes for “Boaty McBoatface.” As The Atlantic reported, “The people of the Internet had spoken, and they’d spoken like a five-year-old.”
JD Equity Crowdfunding Platform: the Challenges It Has Been Facing
Is crowdsourcing a solution for everything? What could go wrong in equity crowdfunding?