S01E09 – Social Media Clarity Podcast – Prof. Paul Resnick on Incentive Centered Design

Paul Resnick Portrait Building Successfull Online Communities

Ratings, Reputation and Incentive Design

The latest episode of the Social Media Clarity podcast features an interview with Dr. Paul Resnick from the University of Michigan. Dr. Resnick is a leading researcher in incentive based design – the study and development of tools like recommender and reputation systems. In this discussion we hear about what may be the impending limits of crowdsourcing: when the long tail is poisoned.


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Social Media Clarity Podcast E05: Crowdsourcing, Volunteers, and the Sharing Economy

2013-Social Media Clarity-Host-Scott Moore

The 5th episode of the Social Media Clarity Podcast is now out:

Crowdsourcing, Volunteers, and the Sharing Economy

In this episode host Randy Farmer (@frandallfarmer) and I talk with new co-host Scott Moore (@scottmoore) about the promise and pitfalls of crowdsourcing.

We conclude that pixels, not pennies, may be the best currency to create incentives to create quality content.