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.

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1. Selfsourcing
2. Friendsourcing
3. Crowdsourcing

Different Types of Sourcing

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 

Productivity Decomposed: Getting Big Things Done with Little Microtasks

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.

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