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Crowdsourcing a trend or…

Posted by Chris under Community, Mobile, Search Engines, Social Networking

Maybe because I’ve been reading a few books, posts, articles, etc. on crowdsourchign lately but it seems we’re at another lift in the plateau of crowdsourcing.

I know it’s been out for a while but ChaCha has really caught my eye lately and more from the guide vs. the user. Sure I could just look up the stuff myself on google but why if I can have someone else do it for me. And this brings me to the guide.

It’s a very interesting model of crowdsourcing for $.20 an answer I can spend, as they say “15 minuets or 15 hours” answering questions that come in. Kind of intersting for say someone who has a few hours to in which they are otherwise not engaged. Or a retiree who can’t get out to work easily but has their computer right there, well I could go on but you get the idea.

Sort of plays right into other activities that ordinary citizens can do at the leisure of their computer, but in this case get paid for it.

I think it’s a trend to watch both in crowdsourcing and tapping into a market that may not be reached through help wanted ads but are imminently employable none-the-less.