One more -- Mapswipe[1] is a collaboration by a bunch of folks (Red Cross, Missing Maps, MSF, HOT, see site for complete list) that is interesting in it's selection of tasks related to mapping that were mobile friendly: identifying areas that needed to be mapped versus the mapping itself.
Glad to see this conversation develop!
-Toby
On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Melody Kramer mkramer@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hello! On incentives...
The Smithsonian has a very active transcription volunteer program https://transcription.si.edu/browse?filter=all&sort=notdone, where people complete microtasks / microcontributions (on desktop) like the ones Anirudh found. In return the people who participate get things like:
- behind the scenes tours with staff members of the Smithsonian
- regular chats with people who work with the Smithsonian
- priority access to newly digitized collections [1]
So nothing of monetary value, but something that makes them feel invested and part of a larger community. Some of the tasks are exactly the same — transcribing, image transcription, and validation. The person who runs the program thinks a lot about how to build community around these kinds of microtasks, which make it more likely that people follow through to completion. It might be worth reaching out, because there are likely things we can learn from how they've approached this. Happy to put you in touch.
[1] http://www.niemanlab.org/2015/07/putting-the-public- into-public-media-membership/#melkramer-storyideas (I wrote this and interviewed tons of people who think about the incentive portion of microtasks. A lot are listed there. Happy to put you in touch with them, or provide more details...)
On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 2:10 PM, Jon Katz jkatz@wikimedia.org wrote:
Great find, Anirudh! I didn't know about it.
I just downloaded it. The mechanics are great, but the incentives are...lacking. A great, upvoted quote from a user on the news page:
*"Oh, so I'm supposed to help a company whose value is over 500 billion for free just for fun?..."*
Google does, on the other hand, encourage you after submitting...something we don't do. They literally say "you are making the world a better place!"
BTW, I also get notifications from google maps after I visit somewhere saying something like: "help us by answering some questions about Joe's House of Coffee".
Some screenshots of the app below. I encourage everyone to think about, spread and participate in the consultation Moushira posted.
-J
Deciphering images
After you submit, they encourage you. CRAZY!
deciphering handwriting
Flagging:
Translation validation:
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Anirudh S anirudh24seven@gmail.com Date: Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 10:31 PM Subject: Re: [WikimediaMobile] Readers as contributors To: Moushira Elamrawy melamrawy@wikimedia.org Cc: Wikimedia developers wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org, mobile-l < mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
I am not sure if this is off-topic but I'd like to let the community know that Google has released an app recently that allows people to improve its Translation services. The app is called Crowdsource https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.village.boond [0]. Also added a news article http://www.androidauthority.com/google-releases-crowdsource-app-let-improve-services-713335/ for more context [1].
I thought this knowledge might help us plan better, assuming that mobile Readers would get exposed to the concept of contributing through their phones, in general. We, as readers, might also have something tangible for us to base our opinions on (for example, the reward system in that app is just plain Internet Points and does not provide any value to the user).
Cheers, Anirudh
[0] - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.a ndroid.apps.village.boond [1] - http://www.androidauthority.com/google-releases-crowdsourc e-app-let-improve-services-713335/
On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 10:57 PM, Moushira Elamrawy < melamrawy@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hello Everyone,
I am writing to share with you an effort from the Android team to start identifying themes of products https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Readers_contributions [0] that would allow readers to create micro-contributions that are welcomed and actually needed by fellow Wikipedia editors.
The team has already identified 18 ideas as examples of tasks readers can do to help editors, we would like to expand the conversation to help us evaluate the importance of the idea*s*. While thinking, the team already had criteria for evaluating the ideas https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Readers_contributions/Reading_team_thoughts, but this is still missing community input on how ideas are evaluated and what would actually get high votes for being something that matters, in order for the team to start working on. Please feel encouraged to add more ideas and adjust criteria for evaluation if needed.
This work is a continuation of the reading consultation https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User_Interaction_Consultation earlier done in April. The team is excited to continue the conversation early with the community in order to define product themes.
Ideas promoted from this conversation will be designed in Android first, given the consideration of lower traffic and relative ease of implementation, but the team will be excited and watching for lessons learned in order to move ideas to the web.
This work is made possible by Jon Katz, Reading team's senior PM, and Dmitry Brant, the product owner of Android. Thanks for their thoughtful and collaborative approach".
We will allow the conversation to run for a month, after which we can already start exploring ideas for implementation in Q3. Please help spread the word across village pumps.
Looking forward to your input --
Best, Moushira Community Liaison for Reading team
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