Experimental study of informal rewards in peer production.

We test the effects of informal rewards in online peer production. Using a randomized, experimental design, we assigned editing awards or "barnstars" to a subset of the 1% most productive Wikipedia contributors. Comparison with the control group shows that receiving a barnstar increases pr...

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Autores principales:	Michael Restivo, Arnout van de Rijt
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/efc89d60a74943a5b81c9aae8c4d12f7
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:efc89d60a74943a5b81c9aae8c4d12f72021-11-18T07:23:49ZExperimental study of informal rewards in peer production.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0034358https://doaj.org/article/efc89d60a74943a5b81c9aae8c4d12f72012-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22479610/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203We test the effects of informal rewards in online peer production. Using a randomized, experimental design, we assigned editing awards or "barnstars" to a subset of the 1% most productive Wikipedia contributors. Comparison with the control group shows that receiving a barnstar increases productivity by 60% and makes contributors six times more likely to receive additional barnstars from other community members, revealing that informal rewards significantly impact individual effort.Michael RestivoArnout van de RijtPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 3, p e34358 (2012)
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description	We test the effects of informal rewards in online peer production. Using a randomized, experimental design, we assigned editing awards or "barnstars" to a subset of the 1% most productive Wikipedia contributors. Comparison with the control group shows that receiving a barnstar increases productivity by 60% and makes contributors six times more likely to receive additional barnstars from other community members, revealing that informal rewards significantly impact individual effort.
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Experimental study of informal rewards in peer production.

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