Comments on: Crowdsourcing is Hot Now, But Will Participation Fatigue Set In?

By: Edward Cruz

Edward Cruz — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:01:15 +0000

Have you seen BountyStorms? If not, check it out. It does a good job of addressing crowd fatigue by making the brainstorming process more fun than work, and by offering a financial reward for suggesting great ideas. http://www.bountystorms.com

By: Ariel

Ariel — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:43:53 +0000

Crowdsourcing works most effectively within purpose-built networks, better known as communities, like Threadless, Local Motors (LM), and istockphoto. At Local Motors we see increased interest in contributing to the development of LM vehicles, and increased interest in designing cars for local regions. Twitter and Facebook are supplemental tools for supporting a crowdsourcing community because they increase exposure and they can become excellent “listening tools”; we need to understand how our brand is perceived outside of our community in order to grow our community. Using our personal networks to gather feedback on general random questions is “crowdsourcing”, but this exercise does not capture the real value of effective community crowdsourcing. Your questions need to be aimed at people who are ready to contribute through collaborative response.

By: Paul Marsden

Paul Marsden — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:52:46 +0000

Key finding from research into crowdsourcing – 4F’s of participatory media – must offer the participant – Fun, Fame, Fortune, or Fulfillment. Other wise participation fatigue sets in fast.

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Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:32:14 +0000

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By: Marina Martin

Marina Martin — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:46:16 +0000

Fatigue has already set in big time in terms of getting answers to questions on Twitter. Two years ago, I had 100 followers and 20 of them jumped in to answer just about anything. (My car was making an odd noise when taking corners, to a restaurant suggestion in a city I was visiting, to a new book to read.) Today, I’ve got 4,000 followers and exactly one person was able to suggest a hotel in Toronto.

Mahalo Answers and LinkedIn Answers are better places to get answers to questions because people go there with the intention of finding questions they can answer. Mahalo has been pulling questions out of Twitter for awhile now, but in the few months I’ve been answering questions it’s gone from a fun place to answer a few queries to “Why don’t you Google that and go away??” (Similar to Yahoo Answers today.)

It’d be nice if there was an easy way to filter out all tweets from people I’m following that contain a question mark. I’d like to answer more questions, but they get lost in a sea of other messages.

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Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:44:22 +0000

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By: Jaan Kanellis

Jaan Kanellis — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:15:50 +0000

Or a better question is when will online participation in and at so many levels really start to fatigue? Just updating Twitter, Facebook and other social networks already seem like a daunting task for some. Jaan Kanellis's last blog post..iPhone App Ideas? Use MEDL Mobile To Create & Profit

By: Bob Williams

Bob Williams — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:39:06 +0000

Another test is the ability of everyone to add another listening post for information to their routine. Email, RSS Feeds, Twitter, Forums, etc. can take a great deal of time. Incentives, value, and utility will win-out. Bob Williams's last blog post..Social media awareness