User contribution measurement model for web-based discussion forums

The success of social software depends on contributions made by two key entities; the infrastructure provider(s) and the content providers (users). Currently, social software providers do not possess a powerful and generic approach to measure the contributions of their users. The ability of measurin...

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Main Authors: Chai, Kevin, Potdar, Vidyasagar, Chang, Elizabeth
Other Authors: Okyay Kaynak
Format: Conference Paper
Published: IEEE 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24856
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author Chai, Kevin
Potdar, Vidyasagar
Chang, Elizabeth
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description The success of social software depends on contributions made by two key entities; the infrastructure provider(s) and the content providers (users). Currently, social software providers do not possess a powerful and generic approach to measure the contributions of their users. The ability of measuring user contributions will allow social software providers to accurately identify, acknowledge and reward their content contributors. As a result, content providers may become motivated to contribute content more regularly. This paper proposes a user contribution measurement model which is validated against an operational web-based discussion forum.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-248562022-12-09T06:09:41Z User contribution measurement model for web-based discussion forums Chai, Kevin Potdar, Vidyasagar Chang, Elizabeth Okyay Kaynak Mukesh Mohania discussion forums user contribution measurement social software user motivation The success of social software depends on contributions made by two key entities; the infrastructure provider(s) and the content providers (users). Currently, social software providers do not possess a powerful and generic approach to measure the contributions of their users. The ability of measuring user contributions will allow social software providers to accurately identify, acknowledge and reward their content contributors. As a result, content providers may become motivated to contribute content more regularly. This paper proposes a user contribution measurement model which is validated against an operational web-based discussion forum. 2009 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24856 10.1109/DEST.2009.5276787 IEEE fulltext
spellingShingle discussion forums
user contribution measurement
social software
user motivation
Chai, Kevin
Potdar, Vidyasagar
Chang, Elizabeth
User contribution measurement model for web-based discussion forums
title User contribution measurement model for web-based discussion forums
title_full User contribution measurement model for web-based discussion forums
title_fullStr User contribution measurement model for web-based discussion forums
title_full_unstemmed User contribution measurement model for web-based discussion forums
title_short User contribution measurement model for web-based discussion forums
title_sort user contribution measurement model for web-based discussion forums
topic discussion forums
user contribution measurement
social software
user motivation
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24856