Crowdsourcing and knowledge sharing

2008/07/08 by Jiang Yang, Lada A. Adamic, Mark S. Ackerman · 1 citation
Computer Science · Social Sciences · #Expert finding and Q&A systems #Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing #Knowledge Management and Sharing

paper · doi:10.1145/1386790.1386829

openalex publication_date 2008/07/08 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

Witkeys are a thriving type of web-based knowledge sharing market in China, supporting a form of crowdsourcing. In a Witkey site, users offer a small award for a solution to a task, and other users compete to have their solution selected.

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