What lurkers and posters think of each other [online community]

Nonnecke, Blair; Preece, Jenny; Andrews, Dorine

doi:10.1109/hicss.2004.1265462

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“…The constrained information channels that restrict knowing your audience have led to innovations in making audience visible [11] and research on the possible benefits of "lurkers" [21]. In previous work [18], users were asked who they thought had seen their Facebook profile, and in general reported their expected audience was comprised of peers (friends, people in classes, high school acquaintances) and was much less likely to include nonpeers (faculty, family, law enforcement).…”

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Changes in use and perception of facebook

Lampe

Ellison

Steinfield

2008

Proceedings of the 2008 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work

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As social computing systems persist over time, the user experiences and interactions they support may change. One type of social computing system, Social Network Sites (SNSs), are becoming more popular across broad segments of Internet users. Facebook, in particular, has very broad participation amongst college attendees, and has been growing in other populations as well. This paper looks at how use of Facebook has changed over time, as indicated by three consecutive years of survey data and interviews with a subset of survey respondents. Reported uses of the site remain relatively constant over time, but the perceived audience for user profiles and attitudes about the site show differences over the study period.

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Section: Research Questionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Changes in use and perception of facebook

Lampe

Ellison

Steinfield

2008

Proceedings of the 2008 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work

322

186

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“…Indeed, Nonnecke & Preece (2001) maintain that lurking is an imperative aspect of an online community and should be regarded as a form of passive or vicarious participation that not only serves to increase the understanding in the lurker, but provides a sense of belonging regardless of whether they ever intend to participate. There is also the possibility that active participants in an online community 'perform' to a potential readership that may or may not eventually become active participants in a community.…”

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Exploring the use of blogs as learning spaces in the higher education sector

Williams¹,

Jacobs

2004

AJET

514

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<span>'Blogging' - a contraction of the term 'web logging' - is perhaps best described as a form of micro-publishing. Easy to use, from any Internet connection point, blogging has become firmly established as a web based communications tool. The blogging phenomenon has evolved from its early origin as a medium for the publication of simple, online personal diaries, to the latest disruptive technology, the 'killer app' that has the capacity to engage people in collaborative activity, knowledge sharing, reflection and debate (Hiler, 2003). Many blogs have large and dedicated readerships, and blog clusters have formed linking fellow bloggers in accordance with their common interests.</span><p>This paper explores the potential of blogs as learning spaces for students in the higher education sector. It refers to the nascent literature on the subject, explores methods for using blogs for educational purposes in university courses (eg. Harvard Law School), and records the experience of the Brisbane Graduate School of Business at Queensland University of Technology, with its 'MBA blog'. The paper concludes that blogging has the potential to be a transformational technology for teaching and learning.</p>

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“…On the other side lurkers [5], referring to people just watching discussions but not actually participating, can be less trusted regarding their 'openness'. They lack the willingness to exchange information, motivation or communication skills, thus they are bad collaborators.…”

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“…Furthermore, Nonnecke et al [5] and Meyer et al [6] research the meaning of online communication and differences between traditional face-to face and threaded discussions. McLure-Wasko and Faraj [7] investigate the motivation for knowledge sharing in online platforms, and Rheingold [8] comprehensively examines the concept of virtual communities.…”

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Trust and Reputation Mining in Professional Virtual Communities

Skopik

Truong

Dustdar

2009

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract. Communication technologies, such as e-mail, instant messaging, discussion forums, blogs, and newsgroups connect people together, forming virtual communities. This concept is not only used for private purposes, but is also attracting attention in professional environments, allowing to consult a large group of experts. Due to the overwhelming size of such communities, various reputation mechanisms have been proposed supporting members with information about people's trustworthiness with respect to their contributions. However, most of today's approaches rely on manual and subjective feedback, suffering from unfair ratings, discrimination, and feedback quality variations over time.To this end, we propose a system which determines trust relationships between community members automatically and objectively by mining communication data. In contrast to other approaches which use these data directly, e.g., by applying natural language processing on log files, we follow a new approach to make contributions visible. We perform structural analysis of discussions, examine interaction patterns between members, and infer social roles expressing motivation, openness to discussions, and willingness to share data, and therefore trust.

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What lurkers and posters think of each other [online community]

Cited by 67 publications

References 3 publications

Changes in use and perception of facebook

Changes in use and perception of facebook

Exploring the use of blogs as learning spaces in the higher education sector

Trust and Reputation Mining in Professional Virtual Communities

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