crowdsourcing
nounEtymology Coined by American journalist Jeff Howe in 2006, see quotations. From crowd + sourcing, by analogy with outsourcing.
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The delegation of a task to a large diffuse group in order to introduce new or more developed skill sets and improve efficiency. There is usually no substantial monetary compensation involved.
- P&G is one of InnoCentive’s earliest and best customers, but the company works with other crowdsourcing networks as well.2006 June, Jeff Howe, “The Rise of Crowdsourcing”, in Wired, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2006:
- While not a new phenomenon, crowdsourcing is really growing as a business trend.2007 January, Jessi Hempel, “Tapping the Wisdom of the Crowd”, in Business Week:
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- Costs can be reduced by crowdsourcing more content.2007 July, Twisted, comp.lang.java.programmer (Usenet):
- Related terms
- crowdworker, lazyweb