Boomerang: Rebounding the Consequences of Reputation Feedback on Crowdsourcing Platforms
summary
A reputation system called Boomerang is built into the demo crowdsourcing marketplace and uses three-point ratings (check+, check, check−), cascading task release for requester-prioritized early access, and task-feed ranking for workers. Field experiments with 35 workers show Boomerang reduces rating inflation by ~50%, increases neutral and negative ratings (2.5× and 1.8×), and yields a near 0.9 SD effect toward accuracy; the system therefore rebounds feedback into concrete allocation of early task access.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction to the project
- 1:09The reputation problem
- 2:45Incentive design approach
- 6:28Boomerang design
- 10:41Experimental evaluation
- 12:51Broader implications
- 15:36Conclusion and future work
- 16:40Q&A session
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