Tagged: crowd justice

April 19, 2013 @ 9:42 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The concept of “crowd wisdom” is often cited as a strength of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding. The wisdom of the crowd is the process of taking into account the collective opinion of a group of individuals rather than a single expert to answer a question. A large group’s… Read More

April 16, 2013 @ 9:36 am By Take Part  |  

An Internet connection has the power to make world-class problem solvers out of all of us. My first experience supporting a cause was “adopting” a Native American boy through Save the Children when I was in college. Barely an adult myself, that transaction made me feel responsible,… Read More

March 25, 2013 @ 9:00 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Now that the dust has settled regarding the Kickstarter campaign to send a 9 year old girl to “RPG Camp,” I think it is extremely important to reflect on what happened, digest the events and see if there is anything to learn. To allow something… Read More

February 26, 2013 @ 2:05 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Ever since covering the Hanfree project in January, we’ve received a handful of emails from project backers looking for a way to deal with campaigns gone bad. Note that I’m not referring to failed campaigns, but specifically campaigns where no visible effort was made to… Read More