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The Future of Crowdsourcing: From Assembly Line to Virtual Teams
Addressing criticisms of Labor Crowdsourcing. Distinctions Between crowdsourcing and 20th century assembly-line practices. Outline for a future trajectory.
By:
Avi Hoffer
Tue, 2010-03-02
Though labor Crowdsourcing is inevitable and has existed informally for a decade or more, there are critics who point out that this model is akin to building digital sweatshops for the information underclass. I believe three important aspects of labor Crowdsourcing will prevent that dreary scenario from occurring.