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Merriam Webster dictionary defines crowdsourcing as the practice of obtaining needed services or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people and especially from the online community”. They discuss online crowdsourcing as a way to solve a crisis through the use of financial insentives or donations. An example of this can best be seen in the 2011 #qldfloods whereby the hashtag was used over 35,000 times to help disseminate information regarding the crisis. This allowed the QLD government to effectively reach its audience and amplify its message as well as to establish its account as a permanent means of crisis communication after gaining traction. 

Similarly, we’ve seen crowdsourcing at whole new levels go viral under the hashtag #prayforparis or #jesuisparis. After the 2015 Paris attacks claimed the lives of 129 people, more than 70 million people posted on Instagram in support and 6.7 million tweets being posted within the first 10 hours of the news. Similarly to the QLD floods, the #prayforparis hashtag allowed new outlets to quickly and effectively disseminate information to all those interested in the developments as well as Facebook allowing users within the area of the crisis to check in and notify friends and family that they were safe. The online crowdsourcing was a phenomenal success in terms of numbers, but what did it achieve practically? Well, as a result of the hashtags virality, Islamphobia throughout all western countries grew to its highest since the 9/11 attacks. 

Even more so, France itself recieved a huge decrease in tourism to the region as a result of the widespread fear of another attack. This in particular was especially harmful for the tourism industry there which accounts for 7% of economic activity.