FaceBook CrowdSourcing Strategy - Will it Fly?

Entities Mentioned

• Google
• Microsoft
• Ashish Sinha
• Mark Zuckerberg

1. FaceBook, the $15bn worth startup is turning to it’s users for translating FB in international languages.
   
   Moving beyond the US market is core strategy of FaceBook, and instead of spending millions of dollars in editorial tranlsation, FB is taking the ‘wisdom of crowds‘ route (i.e. crowdsourcing).
   But what’s really interesting to note is that users aren’t too interested in putting up the effort for no substantial return.
   
   But at the same time, users are ready to sweat it out for a not-for-profit site, like wikipedia.
   
   “Wikipedia is a charitable, information-sharing, donation-supported cause,”..”Facebook is not. Therefore, people should ... (Read Full Article)
   
   

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