TY - GEN
T1 - Follow the (slash) dot
T2 - 2005 International ACM SIGGROUP Conference on Supporting Group Work, GROUP'05
AU - Lampe, Cliff
AU - Johnston, Erik
PY - 2005/12/1
Y1 - 2005/12/1
N2 - Many virtual communities involve ongoing discussions, with large numbers of users and established, if implicit rules for participation. As new users enter communities like this, both they and existing members benefit when new users learn the standards for participation. Slashdot is a news and discussion site that has developed a system of distributed moderation to provide feedback about the value of posts on their site. This study examines three explanations for how new users learn to participate in a digital community: learning transfer from previous experiences, observation of other members, and feedback from other members. We find that new user behavior is affected by a combination of their viewing behavior, the moderation feedback they receive, and replies to their comments.
AB - Many virtual communities involve ongoing discussions, with large numbers of users and established, if implicit rules for participation. As new users enter communities like this, both they and existing members benefit when new users learn the standards for participation. Slashdot is a news and discussion site that has developed a system of distributed moderation to provide feedback about the value of posts on their site. This study examines three explanations for how new users learn to participate in a digital community: learning transfer from previous experiences, observation of other members, and feedback from other members. We find that new user behavior is affected by a combination of their viewing behavior, the moderation feedback they receive, and replies to their comments.
KW - Feedback
KW - Learning
KW - Online community
KW - Rating systems
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U2 - 10.1145/1099203.1099206
DO - 10.1145/1099203.1099206
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77950336949
SN - 1595932232
SN - 9781595932235
T3 - Proceedings of the International ACM SIGGROUP Conference on Supporting Group Work
SP - 11
EP - 20
BT - GROUP'05 - Proceedings of the 2005 International ACM SIGGROUP Conference on Supporting Group Work
Y2 - 6 November 2005 through 9 November 2005
ER -