CROWD-SOURCING BELGIUM

In the classic use of the term, tasks/problems are broadcast to an unknown group of solvers in the form of an open call for solutions. Users-also known as the crowd-submit solutions. Solutions are then owned by the entity that broadcast the problem in the first place-the crowdsourcer. The contributor of the solution is compensated monetarily and with recognition. Crowdsourcing may produce solutions from amateurs or volunteers working in their spare time, or from experts or small businesses which were unknown to the initiating organization (info from Wikipedia)... Those who use crowdsourcing services, also known as crowdsourcers, are motivated by the benefits of crowdsourcing, which are that they can gather large numbers of solutions or information and that it is relatively inexpensive to obtain this work. Users are motivated to contribute to crowdsourced tasks by both intrinsic motivations, such as social contact, and by extrensic motivations, such as financial gain.