An emergent class of web applications blurs the boundary between single user application and online public space. Recently popular web applications like del.icio.us help manage in...
Peer production systems rely on users to self-select appropriate tasks and “scratch their personal itch”. However, many such systems require significant maintenance work, whic...
Aniket Kittur, Bryan A. Pendleton, Robert E. Kraut
P2P systems are increasingly used for efficient, scalable data sharing. Popular applications focus on massive file sharing. However, advanced applications such as online communiti...
Mohamed Jawad, Patricia Serrano-Alvarado, Patrick ...
A social network is defined as a social structure of individuals, who are related (directly or indirectly to each other) based on a common relation of interest, e.g. friendship, t...
Web-based social systems enable new community-based opportunities for participants to engage, share, and interact. This community value and related services like search and advert...