The practice of the task owner completing their own tasks, where the specific tasks performed are typically short, require limited context, and are algorithmically mediated.

Selfsourcing Definition

The practice of completing tasks by the task owner’s friends and/or colleagues, where the specific tasks performed are typically short, require limited context, and are algorithmically mediated.

Friendsourcing Definition

The practice of completing tasks by using a large group of remote workers, where the specific tasks performed are typically short, require limited context, and are algorithmically mediated.

Crowdsourcing Definition

1. Selfsourcing
2. Friendsourcing
3. Crowdsourcing

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The sourcing of tasks and microtasks to an actor to complete. For example, a microtask could be completed by the task owner, peers, the crowd, or automation.

Task Sourcing Definition

Teevan, J., Iqbal, S. T., Cai, C. J., Bigham, J. P., Bernstein, M. S., &amp; Gerber, E. M. (2016). Productivity Decomposed: Getting Big Things Done with Little Microtasks. Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems. https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2856480 

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