Paypal recently sent me an email with the title "Fashion for everyone on your list". When I opened the email I noticed there were screenshots of shoes Ive purchased in the past and also a few pair of heels that I may like.
If I told my grandmother Paypal knew what sort of shoes I liked, I'm sure she'd say it was an act of big brother. But as a strategic communicator, I'm aware its simply crowdsourcing. I personally don't know if crowdsourcing is the most ethical thing to do, but if you're anything like me and don't like doing the dirty work of finding new things to purchase or even watch on Netflix, crowdsourcing is amazing.
Our wonderful friends at YouTube, have changed society by using crowdsouring. If you're familiar with internet coding, you would know that the feed YouTube uses is enabled by PHP coding. The most relevant videos appear on the front page of YouTube. If youre signed into your YouTube account videos you've watched or may be interested in watching will also appear throughout YouTube's feed. I watch YouTube for hours and stumble across tons of music videos that are pretty neat and do it yourself tutorials, because that's what I'm into!
I cant imagine how life would be without my computer, cellphone and tablet keeping tabs on me and my interests. Honestly I hate the thought of having to remember web addresses. Since crowdsourcing is totally convieient, I can simply type in keywords and based on my interests many sites will pull up videos or sources that Ive seen before or are very similar to what I am looking for.
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