Pacific Tsunami Depictions « Depiction Blog. Is Crowdsourcing Really a Myth? « iRevolution. Dan Woods had an interesting piece in Forbes Magazine last month that labels crowdsourcing as a myth. As Dan puts it, the popular press and millions of people are deluded in thinking that “there is a crowd that solves problem better than individuals.” Dan writes that… The notion of crowds creating solutions appeals to our desire to believe that working together we can do anything, but in terms of innovation it is just ridiculous.There is no crowd in crowdsourcing. There are only virtuosos, usually uniquely talented, highly trained people who have worked for decades in a field. [...] Dan certainly makes some valid points. I looked up the definition of the word talent and sure enough the term can be used to describe both a person and a group. In context of the Internet, the 1 % rule or the 90-9-1 principle reflects an observation that “more people will lurk in a virtual community than will participate.
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