crowdsourcing
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How ‘Microwork’ Preys on the Desperate (and Other Reasons to Avoid It)
Like driving for Uber or delivering groceries for Doordash, signing up for a microwork site sounds pretty tempting: If you have internet, you can make money doing simple tasks on the computer. But as is so often the case, microwork isn’t the easy side hustle it’s made out to be. Here’s everything you should know.
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How to Find and Support Local Black-Owned Businesses
Supporting Black businesses can be difficult if you don’t know where to look. Thankfully, several apps have set out to correct that, making it easier to find both common and unique items you need — all provided by Black business owners.
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Crowdsourcing Tends To Attract The Worst Kind Of People
Crowdsourcing can be a great way to generate income, ideas and support for fledgling commercial projects. But there are also potential dangers. A new scientific investigation has found that while crowdsourcing is an efficient way to achieve outcomes by tapping into the skills of large groups, it also attracts malicious behaviour among participants. In short;…
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Airtasker Comes To Android
Crowsourcing service Airtasker has offered an iPhone app since July this year. It now has an Android app as well, letting you seek out ‘runners’ for paid casual work. It’s a free download for Android users. [Airtasker]
