Clickworkers

The term Clickworkers originates from a project of NASA, in which a great multitude of scientific laymen on the Internet photographs of the Martian surface analyzes. Meanwhile, Internet users are referred to as Clickworkers, the edit after the crowdsourcing principle tasks and projects for companies without being permanently employed in these.

Source: NASA Clickworkers

In 2000, NASA's non-scientific public commissioned in order to identify craters on known photographs of the Martian surface and classify. It should be found out whether the results of the mass analysis met scientific standards. Since 2001, the Clickworkers NASA also evaluate new, not previously cataloged images of Mars and various asteroids. They mark a mouse click visible craters in the surface of the celestial body. The Clickworkers NASA work without pay. All recordings are repeatedly evaluated - the mass of the Clickworkers thus represents the accuracy of the results safely.

Clickworkers in business

Meanwhile, the term Clickworkers is also common in the business world. Internet users work as Clickworkers on the principle of Paid Crowdsourcing freelance and mostly the way for companies. The Clickworkers perform primarily substantive and innovative tasks such as copywriting and design but also other services such as data search and information verification. Clickworkers and companies that want to pass work orders, come together on special crowdsourcing platforms. Professional crowdsourcing companies take care of the recruitment of new Clickworkers, the processing of orders, quality assurance of the results and the payment of Clickworkers.

After specifying the operating in this sector under the domain clickworker.com company humangrid GmbH in Essen can text producer after incorporation of 10 € per hour get that they " live out their hobby " can (as of 2012), the revenue from micro jobs can however represent only an additional income, and not a substitute for regular employment. In one example, at Streetspotr contractor received 1 € per magazine sales office whose shelves they photographed according to certain specifications.