Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A method of outsourcing work over the Internet or similar network by appealing to people to contribute to the project independently or as a collaboration.
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- noun neologism Delegating a task to a large diffuse group, usually without substantial monetary compensation.
- verb Present participle of
crowdsource .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In 2009, the term crowdsourcing became ubiquitous and Twitter empowered anyone with a cell phone to report on his surroundings.
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In 2009, the term crowdsourcing became ubiquitous and Twitter empowered anyone with a cell phone to report on his surroundings.
Dawn Teo: McCain Senate Re-Election Race Already Getting Ugly 2009
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In 2009, the term crowdsourcing became ubiquitous and Twitter empowered anyone with a cell phone to report on his surroundings.
Chris Savage: County Commissioner Brings Swastika Sign To US Rep. Schauer Health Care Rally 2009
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In 2009, the term crowdsourcing became ubiquitous and Twitter empowered anyone with a cell phone to report on his surroundings.
Dawn Teo: Top Arizona Republican Accused of Using Voter Database to Stalk Woman 2009
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I was certainly not the first to be pranked this way - there are a slew of cases of angry pharmacists, disgruntled neighbors, and scorned ex-boyfriends using sites like Craigslist to recruit unwitting accomplices in their acts of revenge - I coined the term "crowdsourcing revenge" to describe the practice.
Forbes.com: News Kashmir Hill 2011
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Well before the term "crowdsourcing" arose, Consumer Reports supplemented its lab testing with surveys of subscribers, asking them to report on their experiences with various products.
NYT > Home Page By RANDALL STROSS 2011
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The term crowdsourcing is only a few years old, but the idea's been around for a decade.
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By "outsourcing" this tedious job to the "crowds" on the web hence the name "crowdsourcing" his system has been able to digitize old texts far more cost effectively and quickly than any other previously existing system.
Joe Kutchera: Translate the Web While Learning a New Language Joe Kutchera 2012
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By "outsourcing" this tedious job to the "crowds" on the web hence the name "crowdsourcing" his system has been able to digitize old texts far more cost effectively and quickly than any other previously existing system.
Joe Kutchera: Translate the Web While Learning a New Language Joe Kutchera 2012
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But a few rounds of crowdsourcing from the comment threads of AM or Small Wars Journal can probably fix that.
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The word crowdsourcing was coined in June 2006, in an article for Wired by Jeff Howe.
From woke to gammon: buzzwords by the people who coined them Steven Poole 2020
pshaw commented on the word crowdsourcing
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/crowdsourcing_million_heads.php
March 24, 2007
ecbrenner commented on the word crowdsourcing
"Like the long tail before it, crowdsourcing isn't necessarily a new idea, but rather a new name for an existing collection of concepts. In this case, crowdsourcing is the approach to business practices -- especially creation -- that fling open the doors to anyone and everyone interested in participating. Crowdsourcing is the heart and soul of the open source community, and it's this belief in the ability of large, noncentralized groups of people to organize and create something great, solve difficult problems, and accomplish seemingly insurmountable tasks." --Gary Stein, "Crowdsourcing"
March 12, 2009
bilby commented on the word crowdsourcing
See roo hullabaloo.
March 12, 2009