Comments on: The Guardian and MPs’ Expenses: Loving the Crowd http://www.wilsondan.co.uk/2009/06/19/the-guardian-and-mps-expenses-loving-the-crowd/ Digital consultant, eBay expert, writer & blogger. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:48:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dw http://www.wilsondan.co.uk/2009/06/19/the-guardian-and-mps-expenses-loving-the-crowd/comment-page-1/#comment-41399 dw Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:47:37 +0000 http://www.wilsondan.co.uk/?p=1186#comment-41399 http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/06/four-crowdsourcing-lessons-from-the-guardians-spectacular-expenses-scandal-experiment/ Interesting piece looking at the Guardian's crowdsourcing on MPs expenses a few days in. I'm fascinated that so many people in the industry are so full of praise (which I agree with) but in terms of community engagement it's been a bit of a flop for me. I think it looks a bit different after 400 pages reviewed. I've totally given up because I can't see any fruits of my labour. The written pieces about what's been found have been pretty thin and unamusing and it's slid from the prime spot on the Guardian homepage. My interest has waned, as indeed has the Guardian's it would seem. http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/06/four-crowdsourcing-lessons-from-the-guardians-spectacular-expenses-scandal-experiment/

Interesting piece looking at the Guardian’s crowdsourcing on MPs expenses a few days in.

I’m fascinated that so many people in the industry are so full of praise (which I agree with) but in terms of community engagement it’s been a bit of a flop for me. I think it looks a bit different after 400 pages reviewed.

I’ve totally given up because I can’t see any fruits of my labour. The written pieces about what’s been found have been pretty thin and unamusing and it’s slid from the prime spot on the Guardian homepage. My interest has waned, as indeed has the Guardian’s it would seem.

]]> By: alex schultz http://www.wilsondan.co.uk/2009/06/19/the-guardian-and-mps-expenses-loving-the-crowd/comment-page-1/#comment-41395 alex schultz Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:12:13 +0000 http://www.wilsondan.co.uk/?p=1186#comment-41395 this is awesome work by the guardian thanks for posting it Dan and hope you are well! this is awesome work by the guardian thanks for posting it Dan and hope you are well!

]]> By: Simon Willison http://www.wilsondan.co.uk/2009/06/19/the-guardian-and-mps-expenses-loving-the-crowd/comment-page-1/#comment-41394 Simon Willison Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:24:15 +0000 http://www.wilsondan.co.uk/?p=1186#comment-41394 Thanks for the excellent feedback - I couldn't agree more on the date entry issue, I had a bunch of improvements I wanted to add to that but then we went live, the database started straining and I spent the 24 hours simply ensuring it would scale (we're pretty confident with it now). First thing on Monday I'm going to start addressing the many usability issues with the current site. We deliberately decided not to include a high score table at the start because we were worried it would encourage people to spam the database with inaccurate votes, but with hindsight I don't think we needed to be so worried about this. I have "reward the participants more" as a very high priority right now - there might be a score table, but I think I've got something better lined up... :) Thanks for the excellent feedback – I couldn’t agree more on the date entry issue, I had a bunch of improvements I wanted to add to that but then we went live, the database started straining and I spent the 24 hours simply ensuring it would scale (we’re pretty confident with it now). First thing on Monday I’m going to start addressing the many usability issues with the current site.

We deliberately decided not to include a high score table at the start because we were worried it would encourage people to spam the database with inaccurate votes, but with hindsight I don’t think we needed to be so worried about this. I have “reward the participants more” as a very high priority right now – there might be a score table, but I think I’ve got something better lined up… :)

]]> By: Adrian http://www.wilsondan.co.uk/2009/06/19/the-guardian-and-mps-expenses-loving-the-crowd/comment-page-1/#comment-41393 Adrian Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:05:40 +0000 http://www.wilsondan.co.uk/?p=1186#comment-41393 I think you're spot on, on the league table. Nothing like a bit of fun competition. Although you can win a Duck Island now: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jun/19/mps-expenses-win-duck-house I think you’re spot on, on the league table. Nothing like a bit of fun competition.

Although you can win a Duck Island now: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jun/19/mps-expenses-win-duck-house

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