Ask HN: Any ideas for a better term than "Crowd Sourced"? I can't stand the sound of the term 'crowd sourcing', however the meaning that we all seem to grok is very useful and important. 'Crowd sourcing' sounds very technical and cold. Crowd... negative connotation... Sourcing... very robotic. Just wondering if anyone has come across any other phrase that can evoke a similar concept with a more fluid and human feel? |
So "community sourced" might be a definite step in the right direction. Still wouldn't mind replacing the sourced part ... if possible.
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Crowdsourcing is the act of outsourcing tasks, traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, to a large group of people or community (a crowd), through an open call.
For example, the public may be invited to develop a new technology, carry out a design task (also known as community-based design[1] and distributed participatory design), refine or carry out the steps of an algorithm (see human-based computation), or help capture, systematize or analyze large amounts of data (see also citizen science).