Title
A quantitative explanation of governance in an online peer-production community
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.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1145/2207676.2208701
CHI
Keywords
Field
DocType
quantitative explanation,user rating,negative voting,positive vote,higher status,online peer-production community everything2,neutral status,strongest factor,online community,server data,specific feature,feedback,moderation
Moderation,World Wide Web,Corporate governance,Online community,Voting,Computer science,Peer production
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.40
4
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Chandan Sarkar1637.21
Donghee Wohn246243.96
Cliff Lampe33986342.89
Kurt DeMaagd4154.30