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Is Django a good option for crowdsourcing site?

12th November 2010

My answer to Is Django a good option for crowdsourcing site? on Quora

Yes. I’ve built multiple crowdsourcing sites using Django, including http://mps-expenses2.guardian.co... , http://www.wildlifenearyou.com/ and http://lanyrd.com/

Here are some conference talks I’ve given on the topic: http://lanyrd.com/people/simonw/...

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