Crowdsourcing can be a plus and minus to individuals. Well on the positive side, crowdsourcing can get content on their sites from this. Little to no cost people will express there thoughts, opinions and answers to what ever they have a chance to speak on. Shows like “who wants to be a millionaire” or any other types of game shows, they usually give you three chances to call someone who can help you get the answer you’re looking for. In this country there are definitely people who are smarter than one another so just imagine the success rate getting answers from crowdsourcing. Now a huge problem would be for the employees, when your company is crowdsourcing it can hurt because they may not need to use what ever you wrote up or your solution to a task that was given. The company may want other views on it they may be a better fit for what they’re looking for.
I may be wrong but sounds a lot like freelancing writers. Freelancers can end up having their written piece on magazines or internet blogs just from selling their work to the company for what ever rate was discussed. Doesn’t necessarily mean you work for the company but you have your work posted on these publications and like said before than can hurt the employee but also open opportunities for anyone looking for a way to gain some income.I feel that it all ties into the same concept. Business can flourish because now you have the outside audience chimed into what you do going forward using the Internet. We have publications like twitter where you can run polls, ask questions and get responses, and interact with people you’ve never even met.
