9 Best Articles in 2022
Sprout Social
The wisdom of the social crowd
Sprout Social
Summary · 4 min read · · Crowdsourcing isn’t a new phenomenon but today, social media offer a treasure trove of collective wisdom. In a brief blog post, Sprout Social director of corporate sales Brian Weimer explains how companies can use crowdsourced data to their advantage. While the post is short on specifics, savvy marketers will appreciate the introduction into how crowdsourced data can help companies develop new products and entice customers. · Shared by 36, including getAbstract, Tarik ESSAADI
Quartz
How Google docs became an unexpected tool for political dissent
Quartz
~17 min read · · Google docs can be used as a form of social media, for crowdsourcing, for political organizing, and for union organizing. · Shared by 81
medium.com
How a lone hacker shredded the myth of crowdsourcing — Backchannel — Medium
medium.com
~14 min read · · High-tech analysis of a 2011 DARPA Challenge suggests that far from being wise, crowds can’t be trusted · Shared by 39, including Stowe Boyd, Florian Hanke 🍎
The New York Times
As Locusts Swarmed East Africa, This Tech Helped Squash Them
The New York Times
7 min read · · A hastily formed crowdsourcing operation to contain the insects in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia could help manage climate-related disasters everywhere. · Shared by 48, including Mike Butcher🇬🇧🇪🇺, Barry Ritholtz, Max Roser
MIT Technology Review
Taiwan has figured out how to turn online disagreements into a positive political force
MIT Technology Review
6 min read · · A new form of online survey uses crowdsourcing and data visualization to reveal the hidden nuances in partisan debates. · Shared by 45, including Esther Schindler, Thomas Power, Stephanie A Kowalski, Merkstatt@troet.cafe, blinch, Peter Wennersten, Florian Hanke 🍎
Nieman Lab
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales launches Wikitribune, a large-scale attempt to combat fake news
Nieman Lab
4 min read · · The crowd-funded news platform aims to combat fake news by combining professional journalism with volunteer fact checking: "news by the people and for the people." · Shared by 127, including Sylvie Reinhard, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Peter Wennersten, Kim Dik, Lluís Codina, Mathew Ingram, Thomas Power, Jakub Ferenc, Dominik Grolimund, Tauno, Mario Clemente, Marcos aka @marcos_v2@techhub.social, Nils Hitze, Stephanie A Kowalski, Mark Kaigwa, Luis Bravo, Tac Anderson
mturk.com
Amazon Mechanical Turk
mturk.com
4 min read · · Get started with Amazon Mechanical Turk Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) is a crowdsourcing marketplace that makes it easier for individuals and businesses to outsource their processes and jobs t · Shared by 20, including Francis DB, Patrick Scheuerer
VentureBeat
Crowdsourcing in the age of artificial intelligence: How the crowd will train machines
VentureBeat
4 min read · · It was over 10 years ago that I was introduced to the concept of crowdsourcing. I was a student at London Business School when a professor one day came into the classroom with a jar of pennies. He … · Shared by 14
TNW
Mozilla is crowdsourcing 10,000 hours of audio so anyone can build voice apps
TNW
3 min read · · Mozilla wants to crowdsource an open database of voice recordings to help developers build their own voice recognition apps. · Shared by 46, including Pete Skomoroch, Thomas Power, Nitin Gupta, Jacob Jarnvall, Brian Roemmele
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nature.com
Crowdsourced research: Many hands make tight work
nature.com
8 min read · · Crowdsourcing research can balance discussions, validate findings and better inform policy, say Raphael Silberzahn and Eric L. Uhlmann. · Shared by 16, including Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon, Jill Jacobson, mdy
freelancer.com
Hire expert freelancers for your online job
freelancer.com
2 min read · · The world's largest freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace where you can get literally anything you can think of done. Post your project for free. · Shared by 42, including Helmi also on 🐘, Nairametrics, 🟣 #WinnieSun host of Level Up LIVE ☀️, Roberto Blake 🇺🇸🇵🇦 Creative Entrepreneur, Gisele Navarro
The Guardian
'He's learned nothing': Zuckerberg floats crowdsourcing Facebook fact-checks
The Guardian
2 min read · · As site grapples with flood of fake news, former Snopes editor says CEO’s comments show he has ‘learned nothing’ · Shared by 39, including Bjorn Larsen, Charles Baldwin, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Merkstatt@troet.cafe
NBC News
'A worldwide hackathon': Hospitals turn to crowdsourcing and 3D printing amid equipment shortages
NBC News
5 min read · · The efforts come as supply shortages loom in one of the biggest challenges for health care systems around the world. · Shared by 43, including Berci Meskó, MD, PhD, Azeem Azhar, Bri Kimmel, Vishal Gulati (I back scientists), Mathew Ingram, John Hagel, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer
The Washington Post
Internet detectives are identifying scores of pro-Trump rioters at the Capitol. Some have already been fired.
The Washington Post
· Online detectives are crowdsourcing information and doxing the people who stormed the Capitol on Wednesday, causing some to lose their jobs. · Shared by 25, including Jeff Jarvis, Brendan Nyhan, Michelle Singletary, Mathew Ingram, Garance Franke-Ruta, Deborah Blum
Google AI
Recreating Historical Streetscapes Using Deep Learning and Crowdsourcing
Google AI
4 min read · · Posted by Raimondas Kiveris, Software Engineer, Google Research For many, gazing at an old photo of a city can evoke feelings of both nos... · Shared by 33, including Kenneth Field, Marktechpost AI Research News ⚡, Carla Gentry
project-evidence.github.io
Evidence SARS-CoV-2 Emerged From a Biological Laboratory in Wuhan, China
project-evidence.github.io
· Published April 16, 2020.1 AbstractThe goal of this document is to examine evidence that may prove that (1) the SARS-CoV-2 virus was present at a biolaboratory in Wuhan, China, and (2) the SARS-CoV-2… · Shared by 54, including David Perell, Jeff Heuer, Tauno, Gio Tiongson, BrendanEich, Vikram Dutt, Björn Ognibeni, Naval, 瑞拿頭, Max Niederhofer, zooko❤ⓩ🛡🦓🦓🦓, Balaji, Keith Rabois
webfoundation.org
Help build a timeline of the web’s history
webfoundation.org
· The World Wide Web turns 30 years old on March 12. To celebrate this birthday, we’re crowdsourcing a Twitter timeline of the most important milestones in the · Shared by 19, including Ines Bieler, Thomas Power, Tim Berners-Lee, Serge K. Keller ❦, Christopher Allen (@ChristopherA@mastodon.social)
The New York Times
Sebastian Seung’s Quest to Map the Human Brain
The New York Times
20+ min read · · Using crowdsourcing and artificial intelligence, a Princeton neuroscientist is hoping to map the intricate wiring of the human brain. If he succeeds, could we live forever as data? · Shared by 17, including apapanto, Alex Barrera, Marco Unternaehrer
