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Can I Crowdsource Articles?

by ryanmacca
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You know how 99designs allows you to crowdsource designs?

Can you do this with articles?
-Give people a topic
-Tell them how long you want it to be
-Offer a prize
-Only pay (and use) the winning article

Does this exist? And if so where can I find it?
#articles #crowdsource
  • Profile picture of the author Kevin Marshall
    Originally Posted by ryanmacca View Post

    You know how 99designs allows you to crowdsource designs?

    Can you do this with articles?
    -Give people a topic
    -Tell them how long you want it to be
    -Offer a prize
    -Only pay (and use) the winning article

    Does this exist? And if so where can I find it?

    You could crowdsource articles at sites like microworkers.com and mturk.com.

    Most great writers don't write for free, so unless you have a really great prize, you are not going to attract a professional writer to enter your contest.

    Some writers are going to think you are running a scam to get free content too, so you might have trouble running a contest like this.
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    there are lot of places for contents. I am sure this exist somewhere.
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  • Profile picture of the author tpw
    Originally Posted by ryanmacca View Post

    You know how 99designs allows you to crowdsource designs?

    Can you do this with articles?
    -Give people a topic
    -Tell them how long you want it to be
    -Offer a prize
    -Only pay (and use) the winning article

    Does this exist? And if so where can I find it?

    Talented writers would never play this game.

    Hacks might play, but I'd be scared as to what you might get in return.

    When I attempted to outsource article creation through mturk, 90% of what was submitted to me was copy-and-pasted directly from the web.

    I bet you will find the same results.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kevin Marshall
      Originally Posted by tpw View Post

      Talented writers would never play this game.

      Hacks might play, but I'd be scared as to what you might get in return.

      When I attempted to outsource article creation through mturk, 90% of what was submitted to me was copy-and-pasted directly from the web.

      I bet you will find the same results.
      Yep you are right about Mturk. I did the same thing, and almost all of the articles I got were copied from the internet.

      I shouldn't have mentioned Mturk. I only mentioned Mturk because it is a crowdsource website.
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