So, how would you know whether your microtask is a scam or legit? It starts with how you found the gig. The FTC says the scammers typically approach you via text or WhatsApp messages.

The games are a great way to keep volunteers interested, says Ville Miettinen, CEO of Microtask. “They know they’re doing valuable work, but the games also provide real gaming experience.

We discuss several contributions to the political skill and microtask literature. Di Gangi, Paul M.; Howard, Jack L.; McAllister, Charn P.; Thatcher, Jason Bennett. The Influence of Political Skill ...

Microtask platforms recruit humans to do the rating, tagging, review-writing, and poll-taking work that can't quite be automated with an algorithm yet. In the US, the most common such platform is ...

Microtask has undertaken the enormous task of crowdsourcing the National Library of Finland -- the process of digitizing its paper-only documents, to be more specific. Microtask and the library launch ...

The Seattle company pays people to complete microtasks – like tagging photos, rating items or answering surveys on their smartphones – to help artificial intelligence algorithms sift through ...

Microtask, a Finnish startup, has just closed a round of seed financing lead by Danish Sunstone Capital followed by a group of Angel investors (see list below). The size of the round is undisclosed, ...