CrowdsourcingPlattformen
Crowdsourcing is a practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people, especially an online community, rather than from traditional employees or suppliers. The term was popularized by Jeff Howe in 2006, who defined it as "the act of a company or institution taking a function once performed by employees and outsourcing it to an undefined (and generally large) network of people in the form of an open call." Crowdsourcing leverages the collective intelligence and creativity of a large group of people, often through online platforms, to solve problems, generate ideas, or create content.
Crowdsourcing can take various forms, including:
1. Crowdsourcing ideas: Companies or organizations seek innovative ideas from a large group of people. Examples
2. Crowdsourcing data: Projects that require large amounts of data can be crowdsourced. For instance, the Galaxy
3. Crowdsourcing labor: Tasks that are repetitive or time-consuming can be crowdsourced. Amazon's Mechanical Turk is
4. Crowdsourcing funding: Platforms like Kickstarter allow individuals to raise funds for creative projects by soliciting
Crowdsourcing has several advantages, including cost-effectiveness, access to a diverse range of ideas and perspectives, and