Why do Users Tag? Detecting Users' Motivation for Tagging in Social Tagging Systems

While recent progress has been achieved in understanding the structure and dynamics of social tagging systems, we know little about the underlying user motivations for tagging, and how they influence resulting folksonomies and tags. This pa

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: ICWSM
• Authors: Markus Strohmaier, Christian Körner, Roman Kern
• Keywords: ICWSM 2010, Internet Technology, Social Tagging Systems