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- donatj, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Heh, I read something in wired and then 2-3 days later here it is... why do I even buy the magazine...
- Firemeboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6It gives you 2-3 days to discuss these topics with your co-workers, and then when they see it on Digg, they think you're on the bleeding edge.
- Pocky, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6This story is not about the idea behind crowdsourcing (as it has been developing for quite some time). This story is about the birth of a new buzzword. Crowdsource currently has 0 hits on Google. Wait a few weeks, and there will be thousands. If you want some easy venture capital, then now is the time to start your company that is going to harness crowdsourcing!
No, spellchecker, I didn't spell that wrong, the word is crowdsource, and it was invented by Jeff Howe at Wired. Bravo. - GeekyGirl, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Open source projects have been doing something similar for years. Within the open source community, people work together online to create very complex products, everything from the Linux kernel to open source databases to open source web browsers.
Although "crowdsourcing" has existed in the open source community for years, the difference now is that the technology has evolved to allow anyone to participate in these communities. Fifteen years ago, you almost needed a computer science degree just to use open source products, not to mention actually contributing to them. With the web 2.0 technology of today, even those with minimal computer skills can join and become active participants in online communities to contribute thoughts and ideas via blogs, photography via Flickr and iStockphoto, and maybe even solve a complex R&D problem for a major company. "Crowdsourcing", while not a new idea, is now becoming a mainstream phenomenon. - jesusisapervert, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8This is awesome. While it's sad that professional photographers won't be able to make their entire living selling stock photos anymore, it's also opening up new doors for all these startup companies that need low-budget images for their products. Digg for lower prices on a market that has long been overpriced!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I've been a photographer for over thirty years. things are changing, for sure, but there is still p l e n t y of work in stock photography. The rise of digital camera in the hands of novices has driven the signal to noise ratio high (very high) so ad agencies are looking for experienced people to do their stock work - even if it's just sourcing.
- dkarlson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The crowdsourcing meme is doubleplusgood. The blogosphere has undergone a paradigm shift in that it will now leverage the synergistic AJAX while thinking outside the box. This will result in ruby-on-rails ROI and TLA, while maintaining SLA's that embrace the Web2.0 brand.
Nar.
EDIT: @jiminoc -- great minds think alike. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I love crowdsurfing So does Matisyahu, but because he is an orthodox jew, women must not touch him.
- bcoughlin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2iStockPhoto is a great site. I use it all the time.
- burke, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2http://sxc.hu
- heymark, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i love SXC, it's amazing. They have a commercial version too, similar to istockphoto, i presume.
- subscriber, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Isn't "digg" itself a form of crowdsourcing ?
- brainScan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I think that the crowdsourcing phenomenon (if it is a phenomenon) is a huge bummer. If I want to try to enter a career field like programming or photography, I have to spend a very large amount of time developing my skill set before anyone will pay me enough to support myself. In the meantime, until I develop enough skill, why wouldn't companies and consumers pay someone else $1 for a photo or $5 for some Java code that is the same quality as something I would produce?
If it sticks, crowdsourcing has the potential of closing many careers to newcomers. Who will be motivated enough to spend all of their free time developing their skills to the level of a professional, all the while waiting tables to pay the bills and getting paid cents on the dollar for their true passion? - prab, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Just wait 1 hour. Now that it is on digg it will have lots of results soon.
- dkarlson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1iStock is good, and so is sxc (although they don't have as much, obviously). I don't know about grabbing from flickr, as I think that would be more like stealing, and less like buying an image for web/print use.
- cowardlydragon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Stupid name. May it die a quick death from corporatespeak
- jiminoc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I just bought ajaxifiedcrowdsourcing.com
and web2-0crowdsourcing.com
figured I'd hit all the buzz words in one
;) - RexRed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Who wants photos that everyone else has? Fast food photography...
- Pocky, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Update: Even though crowdsource doesn't return any results on Google, there is already someone paying for the adword space.
- Mr.White, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1iStockphoto looks pretty cool. I don't know though, seems cheaper just to grab photo's from Flickr.
- deesine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Don't worry brainscan, the internet hasn't changed the economic fundamentals of supply and demand: quality work will still fetch an appropriate return. This is just one industry where the bottom was falling out long before "crowd sourcing" came on the scene.
Anyone who has dealt with stock photography for more than 5 years knows that Getty totally changed the industry (consolidation), and has been lowering they're prices year after year. The writing has been on the wall for years. - jcall, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Reminds me of Action Item, Superhero
"To fully own this challenge, I'll need to be goal-oriented and results-driven!"
http://www.fatalexception.org/action_item.html - jothan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Why yes, the term crowdsourcing, like all buzzwords, is ambiguous enough to cover "cleaning grandma's feet in a new way".
- emyerson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Grabbing photos from Flickr is stealing. Buying photos from iStock actually gives you license to use the images.
- Daedalus81, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Or fools seldom differ! : )
- burke, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yeah, you can't legally grab from Flickr... at least not for commercial or public use. I don't imagine there'd be a problem setting one as your wallpaper ;)
SXC is compltetely free, even for commercial use. - yanokwa, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Hmm.. this is like Louis von Ahn's research where he uses games that are designed to result in people to solve hard AI problems.
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~biglou/research.html - seobro, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I'm McLovin it. Can ya Digg it? Those pennies from mturk add up. I have made $10.31 so far this week.
- wardboro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0iStock is great. It's definitely changing the face of stock photography. Bigger companies will always be looking for premium photographs. Professionals need not fear as long as they can produce a consistently better product than the amatuers. If this is not the case, however, they may want to fill out some job applications.
- suckystock, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0iStock is to the stock photography industry what Scientology is to the religious industry. Namely, a vaguely disguised pyramid scheme. Stay away!!!
- cowardlydragon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0There's lots for crowdsourcing
- fsuarez2005, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0You get what you pay for and you earn what you charge. Crowdsourcers will get tired of the $0.01 per job income and their work will slump. Create your own business instead of feeding the bureaucrats.
The REAL moneymakers: the websites that are created to serve the purpose.
Also, I checked Amazon Mechanical Turk and I bet it is a site for market research. Rate this and that for $0.01. - Dailydose4me, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0http://www.alamy.com is also a good stock photography agency.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is essentially sven-galism at it's finest. The nice part is anyone with half a brain who is talented will realize they are being exploited. Crowdsourcing is a nice rebranding of sweatshop mentality. ie. You can't do any better than us so we pay you very little. Nike has become quite wealthy with something called Childsourcing. Someone does make money but it sure isn't you.
- emyerson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0In what way is iStock a pyramid scheme? Can you back up that claim with a little evidence?
- pokey9000, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2I hope this dies the same fiery death that the "flash mob" meme did.
- soleman, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Hmmm crowdsourcing.com just got parked at godaddy....squaters.
- Tiabin, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2Pretty cool all and all... I happen to like the term also. This isn't the first time this has happened though. Writers are getting crowdsourced in a similar way. There's multiple websites (though, admittedly, they probably have a smaller database than istockphotos) in which you can literally buy the full rights to articles and other types of written content. So the idea of crowdsourcing is nothing new, but looks like it may be becoming a little bit more mainstream. I know istockphotos got added to de.licio.us on my part... I plan on using that website on future projects.
-- Tiabin
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