Wikis capitalize on crowdsourcing, which can be defined as the practice of tapping into the combined knowledge of a large community to solve problems and complete assignments. a. True b. False

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Paxton Chang

6 June, 00:23

Wikis capitalize on crowdsourcing, which can be defined as the practice of tapping into the combined knowledge of a large community to solve problems and complete assignments. a. True b. False

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Mary Andrade · Answer 1

True. Wikis capitalize on crowd sourcing, which can be defined as the practice of tapping into the combined knowledge of a large community to solve problems and complete assignments.

Explanation:

Wikipedia is a great example of crowd sourcing at the big stage. Wiki uses the combined knowledge of all of its user base and then edits and curates it to make it a reliable source of knowledge from the combined work of the people who are using it for their own advantage.

The large community of reader base means that Wiki also has a large number of dedicated users who want to make the site better to function.

Thus the crowd sourced knowledge can be curated and edited to suit the standards of the firm which is maintained by experts.