# Crowdsourced Testing - what do you think?

**URL:** <https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/crowdsourced-testing-what-do-you-think/15255>\
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**Created:** [23 May 2018 04:11 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/crowdsourced-testing-what-do-you-think/15255 "2018-05-23T04:11:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![kimberley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/kimberley/32/9186_2.png) [@kimberley](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/kimberley)\
**Post date:** [23 May 2018 04:11 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/crowdsourced-testing-what-do-you-think/15255/1 "2018-05-23T04:11:49Z")

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When I was in-between projects I signed up to a an provider of crowdsourced software testing. It was interesting and gave me exposure to button pushing testing but more importantly to other projects.

Has anyone done this as well and what was your experience like?

Has anyone or any company hired a firm for software testing like this and what was your experience?

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**Author:** ![kimberley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/kimberley/32/9186_2.png) [@kimberley](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/kimberley)\
**Post date:** [23 May 2018 04:14 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/crowdsourced-testing-what-do-you-think/15255/2 "2018-05-23T04:14:57Z")

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- when I wrote button pushing I meant following a detailed step by step test plan, that did not allow me to think but only look for what the expected result was. If it was outside that then a ticket was raised identifying a potential bug.

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**Author:** ![heather\_reid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/heather_reid/32/29_2.png) [@heather\_reid](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/heather_reid)\
**Post date:** [23 May 2018 11:43 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/crowdsourced-testing-what-do-you-think/15255/3 "2018-05-23T11:43:32Z")

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I typed a super lengthy one about my experience of this a while ago

> [@Crowd Source Testing](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/crowd-source-testing/1118):
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> I think it’s worth having an honest discussion about crowd source testing from the client and testers perspective. I’ve been in meetings where crowd sourcing was seen as the new silver bullet, “No need to hire a test team or more testers, we’ll just crowd source it”. I’ll start with my perspective on two different situations. I’ve taken part in crowd sourcing through a reasonably well known crowd sourcing company. I use this to supplement my income. If I have a big bill or holiday coming up,…

I haven’t been accepting projects quite so much any more. Back then I had a better range of android devices (7 or something). Saver me is in the process of trading them in to one day own a house 😂