[jasperpilgrim]

I discovered this paper while lost in a Wikipedia rabbit hole. For anyone curious about the phrase “human flesh”, the paper notes it comes from a literal translation and that it might be better understood as “people-powered”.

One takeaway (certainly not the only) from the paper is that most research is done by a few participants, even as participation size increases.

[ganzuul]

So muscle-powered?

[jasperpilgrim]

Yep, a few do the heavy lifting. A good portion of the paper analyzes the crowd/participants as a whole and touches on what effects they may have on each other (I think), but I wasn't able to understand it well enough to have any thoughts.

As for the muscle-powered, on page 4 of the document there's a graphic that shows the ratios, and it's no contest. The vast majority are involved in announcing (the situation) and uploading / re-uploading (the information). Informing and spreading.

It's obvious to me in hindsight, but I wasn't expecting such a wide gulf.