Comments on: Will Facebook Own Crowdsourced Translation? http://www.bloglingua.com/will-facebook-own-crowdsourced-translation/ Everyday we are lucky enough to come into contact with different languages and cultures from around the world. This blog is about our experiences. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:27:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rick Woyde http://www.bloglingua.com/will-facebook-own-crowdsourced-translation/comment-page-1/#comment-514 Rick Woyde Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:22:41 +0000 http://www.bloglingua.com/?p=983#comment-514 The irony of course is that Facebook had their application translated at no or little cost thanks to crowdsourcing and as a result of that experience they now want to profit from that experience by patenting crowdsourcing. Since it is such a great idea, I am looking to use crowdsourcing to build my next home, since there will be no labor costs I might as well build a mansion. Ha-ha! Let's hope people realize that participating in crowdsourcing should only be done on behalf of non-profits. At my last company we regularly donated our translation services to support non-profits. The irony of course is that Facebook had their application translated at no or little cost thanks to crowdsourcing and as a result of that experience they now want to profit from that experience by patenting crowdsourcing.

Since it is such a great idea, I am looking to use crowdsourcing to build my next home, since there will be no labor costs I might as well build a mansion. Ha-ha!

Let’s hope people realize that participating in crowdsourcing should only be done on behalf of non-profits. At my last company we regularly donated our translation services to support non-profits.

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