Folksonomies in crowdsourcing platforms: Three tensions associated with the development of shared language in distributed groups

<p>Members of cooperative groups can work together more effectively if they develop a shared language, but distributed groups face barriers to doing so. To better understand how shared language can emerge in and support the work of distributed groups, we review the literature on folksonomies (a kind of shared language) in crowdsourcing systems (one type of distributed work). The review highlights three tensions associated with the development of folksonomies in crowdsourcing. The first problem is who has the power to decide on adopted terminology.