A consistent theoretical and practical challenge in the design of socio-technical systems is that of motivating users to participate in and contribute to them. This study examines...
Cliff Lampe, Rick Wash, Alcides Velasquez, Elif Oz...
One of the important challenges faced by designers of online communities is eliciting sufficent contributions from community members. Users in online communities may have difficul...
Al Mamunur Rashid, Kimberly S. Ling, Regina D. Tas...
The paper describes a further development of the design of a motivational visualization encouraging participation in an online community. The new design overcomes shortcomings in p...
A hard challenge facing developers of online communities is attaining a critical mass of members and subsequently sustaining their participation. We propose a new mechanism for mot...
Online communities (OLCs) are gatherings of like -minded people, brought together in cyberspace by shared interests. Creating such communities is not a big challenge; sustaining m...
Nishikant Kapoor, Joseph A. Konstan, Loren G. Terv...