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You mean like a large number of people with no qualification and experience went looking for the Boston bombing suspect? I'll leave it here: http://www.bbc.co.

by Renaud 13y ago

You mean like a large number of people with no qualification and experience went looking for the Boston bombing suspect? I'll leave it here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22214511 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22214511

TrainedMonkey 13y ago
I would argue that this is more of a mob lynching, rather than constructive combined effort. To look for models that work, look no further than open source. Projects with high amount of interest quite often do better.
- catshirt 13y ago
  i assure you it was intended to be a constructive combined effort. i only skimmed the article linked but it doesn't seem to reference the fact that the kid who was falsely identified was found dead, presumably by his own hand. "hell is full of good meanings, but heaven is full of good works", as they say. on a lighter note, if you consider an open source project "crowdsourced" then i posit the current collaborative academic efforts to decode the manuscript are "crowdsourced" as well.
  - pyre 13y ago
    Which kid is that? The one that was already missing before the bombing? http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-26/falsely-accused-bombing-suspect-confirmed-dead/4652176 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-26/falsely-accused-bombin...
    - catshirt 13y ago
      yes. he was missing, then falsely accused, then found dead.
      - pyre 13y ago
        Your original post could be construed as suggesting that he killed himself due to the false accusations.
        catshirt 13y ago
        he was a depressive runaway and a racist internet lynch mob was threatening to kill his family for something he didn't do. i suggested a correlation, i didn't propose it as fact. i'm curious as to what scenario you consider more probable?
        pyre 13y ago
        It seems entirely possible that he was dead at the time that the lynch mob was hurling accusations at him, unless I'm missing something.
        catshirt 13y ago
        you're right. i was considering the events in the order they were revealed, not necessarily the event they occurred. i'm not sure which it is now.

by Renaud 13y ago

TrainedMonkey 13y ago

I would argue that this is more of a mob lynching, rather than constructive combined effort. To look for models that work, look no further than open source. Projects with high amount of interest quite often do better.

catshirt 13y ago
i assure you it was intended to be a constructive combined effort. i only skimmed the article linked but it doesn't seem to reference the fact that the kid who was falsely identified was found dead, presumably by his own hand. "hell is full of good meanings, but heaven is full of good works", as they say. on a lighter note, if you consider an open source project "crowdsourced" then i posit the current collaborative academic efforts to decode the manuscript are "crowdsourced" as well.
- pyre 13y ago
  Which kid is that? The one that was already missing before the bombing? http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-26/falsely-accused-bombing-suspect-confirmed-dead/4652176 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-26/falsely-accused-bombin...
  - catshirt 13y ago
    yes. he was missing, then falsely accused, then found dead.
    - pyre 13y ago
      Your original post could be construed as suggesting that he killed himself due to the false accusations.
      - catshirt 13y ago
        he was a depressive runaway and a racist internet lynch mob was threatening to kill his family for something he didn't do. i suggested a correlation, i didn't propose it as fact. i'm curious as to what scenario you consider more probable?
        pyre 13y ago
        It seems entirely possible that he was dead at the time that the lynch mob was hurling accusations at him, unless I'm missing something.
        catshirt 13y ago
        you're right. i was considering the events in the order they were revealed, not necessarily the event they occurred. i'm not sure which it is now.