Which of the Following Demonstrates a Downside of Crowdsourcing

question 79

Multiple Choice

Which of the following demonstrates a downside of crowdsourcing?

• A)Trying to drive up the operating expenses of a rival automobile company, employees at another automobile company click repeatedly on the competitor's sponsored link without intending to buy anything.
• B)An international funding organization for welfare programs in underdeveloped regions removes data from Wikipedia which described some of the allegations of corruption against the organization.
• C)An organization which hires freelance writers for its web-promotion campaigns finds that the quality of work is often substandard.
• D)A market survey conducted by a home improvement firm revealed that the firm's policy of lowered advertising expenditure and greater focus on generating word-of-mouth publicity had not resulted in the sales targets being met.

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