Crowdsourcing and gamification

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2010/11/crowdsourced_science?fsrc=scn/t
w/te/bl/weather1914

I have always been sceptical of crowdsourcing because of the integrity issues.  Yes, 
I've seen some interesting examples, such as the use of Twitter reports to map 
current weather around the US.  But, generally, I've wondered if there were any 
real applications and uses for it.  (The digitization of old books is interesting, but I 
haven't seen any real results on that, yet.)

OK, I was wrong, and, choosing the application carefully, I can see how it can 
work.  But, prior to this article, if someone had suggested adding game-playing to 
the mix, I would have thought that was a deal-breaker.  OK, so I was wrong, there, 
too.  Very intriguing application.

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