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Thanathorn launches crowdsourcing project for face mask, hand gel retailers

Thanathorn launches crowdsourcing project for face mask, hand gel retailers

Future Forward Party (FWP) leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has invited people to join a crowdsourcing project to locate retailers of face masks and hand gels, as these items have become crucial in fighting the PM2.5 problem and the coronavirus outbreak and are often in short in supply and sometimes overpriced.

Crowdsourcing is a sourcing model in which individuals or organisations obtain goods and services, including ideas and finances, from a large, relatively open and often rapidly evolving group of internet users; it divides work between participants to achieve a cumulative result.
“I would like to invite everyone to input information to a crowdsourcing project aimed at establishing a public-created map highlighting the locations of retailers who have available stocks of protective face masks and hand sanitizer gels, items needed to fight PM2.5 and coronavirus,” he said in a Facebook post on Wednesday (February 5) . “This project was initiated by FWP MP Klaikong Vaidhyakarn and other party members.”

Thanathorn launches crowdsourcing project for face mask, hand gel retailers

To take part in the campaign, participants have been asked to survey drug stores and medical supply retailers in their neighbourhood and input data into a form at https://forms.gle/a6qGFX9p8YYtMGXZA. “All information is vital, be it the store name, location, contact info, list of available products and prices,” added Thanathorn. “Some retailers have conditions regarding these products, such as selling only three face masks per person. This info shall be included in the database as well.”
“We hope that this project will be beneficial to those who are in need of these products, and that it will help notify government agencies of possible product hoarding and unfair price mark-up,” said Thanathorn. “The map will be updated in real time and is expected to come online on the evening of Thursday [February 6].”

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