The term crowdsourcing was coined in 2006 by two editors at Wired, Jeff Howe and Mark Robinson, to describe how businesses were using the Internet to "outsource work to the crowd", which quickly led to the … See more

While the term "crowdsourcing" was popularized online to describe Internet-based activities, some examples of projects, in retrospect, can be described as crowdsourcing. See more

Internet and digital technologies have massively expanded the opportunities for crowdsourcing. However, the effect of user communication and platform presentation can have a major … See more

At least six major topics cover the limitations and controversies about crowdsourcing:
1. Impact of crowdsourcing on product quality
2. Entrepreneurs contribute less capital themselves See more

A number of motivations exist for businesses to use crowdsourcing to accomplish their tasks. These include the ability to offload peak … See more

The crowd is an umbrella term for the people who contribute to crowdsourcing efforts. Though it is sometimes difficult to gather data about the demographics of the crowd as a whole, … See more

• Citizen science – Amateur scientific research
• Clickworkers – Citizen science project by NASA
• Collaborative innovation network – citizen science project
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