Gamification / Human Computation (Captcha, …)

Example

reCAPTCHA

More than 1 billion people have helped digitise the printed word by using recaptcha

duolingo

duolingo A web site which helps people learn a foreign language (the game), while also providing a translation service (the useful work). People are shown a word or phrase which they do their best to translate; others then vote on the best translation. Duolingo already has 3m users, who use it, on average, for 30 minutes a day.

Documentation / Reference

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