Reading this has made me want to start my own crowdsourcing
project. My father actually suggested it
to me as a project about my mother that seemed nearly impossible given the time
limit I had and the amount of traveling I would have to do. This idea is a documentary about my mother’s
sister, Mindy, who died some time ago from cancer. I would get relatives from all across the
country—from upstate New York, to Indiana, to Arizona—to interview with me about
what Mindy meant to them and to tell me stories about her. I would then send it to my mother and Mindy’s
sons as a graduation gift for my cousin Tim.
Now that I’ve learned more about crowdsourcing, I find this project to
be extremely possible, and that it will be even more exciting and interesting,
given all the different personalities of those who would be participating.
In response
to the readings/videos, it was the Wikipedia viewing that intrigued me the
most. Even though I’ve heard the basic
story before, it’s incredible to me how successful the website has become, as
well as how accurate the information on the online Encyclopedia is. I never realized how much the website checked
its facts, but it makes sense now. It
shows how far crowdsourcing can spread, and how affective it can be as a
process of gaining information.
Though film
crews are already broken up into such diverse categories, having many people do
many things, it will be interesting to see how crowdsourcing, as it expands in
interest, will affect the film community even more in the future.
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