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Why would that be a bad thing?

I guess I do not really understand the comment.

I think science is a good thing for society, and I think giving interested volunteers the chance to participate in science is good, and maybe it also helps keep science accessible and accountable. If it enables science to happen that would otherwise not happen, then that is even better.

And not all citizen science is about crowd-sourcing data analysis--some of it is simply observing your backyard.