New blogs and websites built around crowdsourcing show up every day. It's a simple concept - take a funny idea that everyone can relate to, have Internet readers send in their own examples of it happening (through pictures, screen shots, tweets, art, etc.) , and then post the best submissions on your site. While some of these imaginative sites have been both hysterical and innovative, there have also been a slew of poor attempts to capitalize on this cultural phenomenon.

There isn't an exact science to predicting what sites and ideas will resonate with the online audience. One thing that has proven to be true is that blogs dedicated to subjects that are universally appealing - fashion, food, travel, pets - have a greater chance of making it than blogs focused on a more niche or targeted audience. Along those lines, it seems that awkwardness plays a major role in people's lives. (more...)

The Huffington Post, which currently profits off of the blood, sweat, and tears of its many hapless unpaid contributors (j/k), has hit upon a new way to involve its readers in the creative process: crowdsourcing headlines through Twitter. (more...)