Companies are now competing with amateur individuals thanks to crowdsourcing. As the article “The Rise of Crowdsourcing” explains, people no longer need to rely on stock photographers because of websites like iStock. Rather than paying the photographer directly, individuals can pay a fraction of the price for photos taken by amateurs on websites like iStockphoto, …
Tag: user-generated content
Feb 16
Crowdsourcing and User-Generated Content
Crowdsourcing has challenged the long-held notion that professionally-produced content is more valuable or desired than that which is made by amateurs. Due to technological advances, ordinary people who have not specialized in a specific skill can create profitable goods or merchandise that is equally appealing, without the years of training. For example, affordable cameras now …