Microtasking is the process of splitting a large job into small tasks that can be distributed, over the Internet, to many … See more

Toloka and Amazon Mechanical Turk are examples of micro work markets, and they allow workers to choose and perform simple tasks online, reporting directly through the platform to receive payments in exchange. … See more

Most uses of microtasking services involve processing data, especially online. These include driving traffic to websites, gathering data like email addresses, and labelling or tagging data online. They are also used to accurately t… See more

In 2011 an estimated $375 million was contributed by digital crowdsourced labour.
As of November 2009 , India and the United States together make up roughly 92% of the workers on Amazon Mechanical Turk with the U.S. m… See more

Microtasking services as they are implemented now allow their workers to work from home. Workers complete tasks on a voluntary basis; other than with time-sensitive jobs like call centers, they choose which jobs … See more

Microtasking services have been criticized for not providing healthcare and retirement benefits, sick pay, and minimum wage, because they pay by the piece and treat workers as independent contractors rather than emplo… See more

• InnoCentive (company)
• Human-based computation
• Citizen science
• Micro job
• Crowdsourcing… See more