A quantitative explanation of governance in an online peer-production community

Chandan Sarkar; Donghee Wohn; Kurt DeMaagd; Cliff Lampe

doi:10.1145/2207676.2208701

A quantitative explanation of governance in an online peer-production community

Chandan Sarkar, Donghee Wohn, Kurt DeMaagd, Cliff Lampe

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Abstract

In this paper, we examine how user ratings of content produced for an online community are taken into account by administrators when they decide whether to delete content. Incorporating about 10 years of server data from the online peer-production community Everything2, we looked at how specific features of voting predicted deletion of posts. We found that not all types of voting are the same: negative voting of users was the strongest factor explaining deletion of a Write-up. Receiving a positive vote from a member with higher status decreases the chances of deletion, while receiving a positive vote from a user with neutral status has a very little effect on the deletion of content.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Conference Proceedings - The 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012
Pages	2939-2942
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2207676.2208701
State	Published - May 24 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012 - Austin, TX, United States Duration: May 5 2012 → May 10 2012

Other

Other	30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012
Country	United States
City	Austin, TX
Period	5/5/12 → 5/10/12

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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Sarkar, C, Wohn, D, DeMaagd, K & Lampe, C 2012, A quantitative explanation of governance in an online peer-production community. in Conference Proceedings - The 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012. pp. 2939-2942, 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012, Austin, TX, United States, 5/5/12. https://doi.org/10.1145/2207676.2208701

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