Crowdsourcing & Crowdfunding

Crowdsourcing refers to collecting information or building data base from crowd, that is, amateurs. Crowdfunding also means the money from them. Their advantages encourage people to make services and share its benefit. Like online communication or collaboration via the internet, individuals can offer unlimited creative ideas. For example, Wikipedia is one of the crowdsourcing. There’s another example. Most people already know flash-mop videos by amateur users can be enough to convey a message. It points out, however, some drawbacks such as that it lacks of expert’s information. In addition, it’s difficult to manage them.

Did you enjoy this 2014 Sochi Olympic a few days ago? It’s issued that Jamaican bobsledding team attached great importance to the participation rather than the result. How do Jamaicans who living in a nation in Africa play bobsledding even they couldn't experience the winter? The answer is crowdsourcing and crowdfunding. People watching the movie called Cool Runnings (1993) donate the fund over the world. Furthermore, according to Wikitree.co.kr, it says, “the cheering song for Jamaican team is played 1,000,000 for a week.” It added, “They could participate in Sochi Olympic by crowdfunding.” It gives people a lesson that there’s not impossible challenge although they’re not professionals. Who knows if they could win or coming 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic or someday? By crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, and collaboration through the online, people recognized that they could overcome a stereotype; Jamaica can’t play bobsledding.