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POPSJournalist Crowdsources An Article About A Crowdsourcing Company, Hilarity Ensues
<p><img width="100" height="70" src="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/shutterstock_73731187.jpg?w=100&h=70&crop=1" class="attachment-tc-carousel-river-thumb wp-post-image" alt="shutterstock_73731187" style="float: left;margin: 0 10px 7px 0" /><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/1773610/with-a-little-help-from-my-subjects?partner=homepage_newsletter">Adam Penenberg aka The Man Who Took Down Stephen Glass</a> decided to write about <a HREF="http://www.serv.io/">Serv.io</a>, a crowdsourcing content farm that allows publishers to request articles for quick publication. They call it “content engineering,” which does not bode well for my job since I have a MA and not an MSc. The resulting article, written with tongue firmly in cheek is an excellent example of the dangers of “content engineering.” Unlike, say, a banking program, content is difficult to engineer. If you’re thorough, writing about a company is a hard slog and if you’re not thorough you need to at least be vi