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'''Google Moderator''' is a [[Google]] service that uses [[crowdsourcing]] to rank user-submitted questions, suggestions and ideas. It was launched on September 25, 2008.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/use-google-moderator-to-crowdsource-group-questions/| title=Use Google Moderator To Crowdsource Group Questions| author=[[Michael Arrington]]| publisher=[[TechCrunch]]| date=2008-25-09| accessdate=2011-01-20}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lai |first=Sarah |url=http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/09/google-launches.html |title=Google Launches Google Moderator For Presidential Debates | Threat Level from Wired.com |publisher=Blog.wired.com |date=2008-09-28 |accessdate=2009-04-20}}</ref>
Google Moderator was developed by Google engineers [[Dave S. Young]], [[Taliver Heath]],<ref name="techcrunch">http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/25/use-google-moderator-to-crowdsource-group-questions/</ref><ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://change.gov/page/content/20081211_openforquestions |title=The Obama-Biden Transition Team | Open for Questions Archived |publisher=Change.gov |date= |accessdate=2009-04-20}}</ref><ref name="questions1">{{cite web|url=http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/open_for_questions_round_2_response/ |title=Open for Questions Round 2: Response | Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team |publisher=Change.gov |date=2009-01-09 |accessdate=2009-04-20}}</ref> The second series ran for just over a week and attracted 4.7 million votes from 100,000 people on 76,000 questions.<ref name="questions1"/> In January 2009, Obama appointed Stanton to the newly created position of Director of Citizen Participation.
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