Crowdsourcing

The result is that a large number of people are performing their most meaningful, rewarding labor away from the workplace. Crowdsourcing has arisen organically to capitalize on the economic value the amateur class creates. And as more and more people acquire a higher education, we have inadvertently trained nonprofessionals to compete on an almost

Like the Internet through which it operates, crowdsourcing recognizes no boundaries. The network doesn’t care if you’re down the block, downstate, or down under—if you can perform the service, design the product, or solve the problem, you’ve got the job.

labor can often be organized more efficiently in the context of community than it can in the context of a corporation.

And while Carter and nine other “discussion leaders” receive a minuscule wage for their efforts, the rest of the CincyMom community receives

The best person to do a job is the one who most wants to do that job; and the best people to evaluate their performance are their friends and peers who, by the way, will enthusiastically pitch in to improve the final product, simply for the sheer pleasure of helping one another and creating something beautiful from which they all will benefit.

“Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow”—which

happens, is becoming easier than ever, too. CAD programs once required users to scale a daunting learning

There are, however, two shared attributes among almost all crowdsourcing projects: participants are not primarily motivated by money, and they’re donating their leisure hours to the cause. That is, they’re contributing their excess capacity, or “spare cycles,” to indulge in something they love to do.

Wikipedia. Breaking labor into little units, or modules, is one of the hallmarks of crowdsourcing.