Google Moderator

Google Moderator
Web address www.google.com/moderator/
Commercial? No
Type of site
 Issue tracking system
Registration Required
Content license
 Proprietary
Owner Google
Created by Dave S. Young, Taliver Heath,[1][2] and Colby Ranger[1]
Launched September 2008[1]
Current status Online

Google Moderator is a Google service that uses crowdsourcing to rank user-submitted questions, suggestions and ideas. It was launched on September 25, 2008.[1] The service allows the management of feedback from a large number of people, who can vote for the top questions that they think should be posed and ask their own. The service aims to ensure that every question is considered, lets the audience see others' questions, and helps the moderator of a team or event address the questions that the audience most cares about.[3]

Google Moderator was developed by Google engineers Dave S. Young, Taliver Heath,[1][2] and Colby Ranger[1] in their 20% time, led by project manager Katie Jacobs Stanton.[4][5]

In December 2008, Google Moderator was used by the President-elect Barack Obama's transition team in a public series called "Open for Questions", in which they answered questions from the general public. The first series ran for less than 48 hours and attracted 1 million votes from 20,000 people on 10,000 questions.[6][7] The second series ran for just over a week and attracted 4.7 million votes from 100,000 people on 76,000 questions.[7] In January 2009, Obama appointed Stanton to the newly created position of Director of Citizen Participation.

Google Moderator will be shutting down on June 30, 2015. [8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Michael Arrington (2008-09-25). "Use Google Moderator To Crowdsource Group Questions". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Google's 20 Hottest Tools: Google Moderator". Bloomberg Businessweek. 2009-09-01. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
  3. ↑ Lai, Sarah (2008-09-28). "Google Launches Google Moderator For Presidential Debates | Threat Level from Wired.com". Blog.wired.com. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  4. ↑ "Federal News Radio 1500 AM: What is Google Moderator?". Federalnewsradio.com. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  5. ↑ Battelle, John (2006-03-20). "News: Google.Portal.Finance Launches - John Battelle's Searchblog". Battellemedia.com. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  6. ↑ "This edition of Open for Questions comes to a close at 12:00 a.m.". Change.gov. 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Open for Questions Round 2: Response | Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team". Change.gov. 2009-01-09. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  8. ↑ https://www.google.com/moderator/

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