Under-contribution is a problem for many online communities. Social psychology theories of social loafing and goal-setting can provide mid-level design principles to address this ...
Gerard Beenen, Kimberly S. Ling, Xiaoqing Wang, Kl...
This paper extends previous research by proposing a model that can help explain ways to motivate member contributions to online communities (OCs). New features in the model will a...
Steven J. J. Tedjamulia, Douglas L. Dean, David R....
In recent years, peer-to-peer systems have become more and more popular, especially with some successful applications like Napter, Kazaa and edoney. However, how to motivate user ...
It is increasingly common for online communities to rely on members rather than editors to contribute and moderate content. To motivate members to perform these tasks, some sites d...
F. Maxwell Harper, Sherry Xin Li, Yan Chen, Joseph...
Social networking sites (SNS) are only as good as the content their users share. Therefore, designers of SNS seek to improve the overall user experience by encouraging members to ...