Applying the creative talents of users in order to generate creative work for a social media project.

The concept that many Web 2.0 sites including YouTube, Digg and Flickr are based off of.

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Other Definitions

Wikipedia,

Crowdsourcing is a neologism for the act of taking a task traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people, in the form of an open call. For example, the public may be invited to develop a new technology, carry out a design task, refine an algorithm or help capture, systematize or analyze large amounts of data (see also citizen science).

Citations

2008: A Few More Predictions,

“7. A few new types of web products will be popularized. Expect a few new buzzwords to take the place of Crowdsource and Social Graph.”

How To Review Criticker,

“My take? It’s an interesting mashup and a useful service for anyone who wants to crowdsource their next movie rental. There are a lot of other programs operating in this space so I would suggest that they look into a way to differentiate themselves from big players like Rotten Tomatoes and in a smaller sense IMDB itself. I wish them the best of luck.”

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