Crowdsourcing

Question 1

What is Crowdsourcing

Answer 1

Crowdsourcing is outsourcing tasks to a large group of people, usually online, instead of using traditional employees or suppliers.

Question 2

What is the Secretive crowdsourcing model?

Answer 2

Ideas are kept secret, and the company picks the winner without public input.

Question 3

Collaborative Crowdsourcing Model

Answer 3

Users submit ideas, and the crowd votes to decide the winner.

Question 4

Panel Selects

Answer 4

Users submit ideas → The crowd refines them → A panel selects finalists → The crowd votes for winners.

Question 5

What is Collective Intelligence?

Answer 5

Gathering knowledge from many users
Example: Wikipedia

Question 6

What is Crowd Creation?

Answer 6

Users contribute creative work like videos, music, or software.
Example: YouTube

Question 7

What is Crowd Voting?

Answer 7

Users rate and provide feedback to determine trends.
Example: Rotten Tomatoes, Google Reviews

Question 8

What is Crowd Support and Funding?

Answer 8

Users donate money to fund projects or ideas.
Example: Kickstarter, GoFundMe,

Question 9

Some examples of CrowdSourcing

Answer 9

1. Dell’s Ideastorm: A platform where users submitted ideas to help improve Dell’s products.
2. Amazon Mechanical Turk: A platform for small tasks performed by remote workers, like data entry or surveys.
3. Wikipedia: A global community contributes and edits articles, creating a free encyclopedia.
4. Kickstarter: allows users to fund creative projects through crowdfunding.

Question 10

Challenges in Crowdsourcing

Answer 10

1. Quality Control: Not all crowd-generated content is reliable or accurate.
2. Security Risks: There is a risk of fraud and data privacy concerns.
3. Participant Motivation: Users may not contribute meaningfully unless give incentives.