Crowdsourcing, Attention and Productivity

We show through an analysis of a massive data set from YouTube that the productivity exhibited in crowdsourcing exhibits a strong positive dependence on attention, measured by the number of downloads. Conversely, a lack of attention leads to a decrease in the number of videos uploaded and the consequent drop in productivity, which in many cases asymptotes to no uploads whatsoever. Moreover, short-term contributors compare their performance to the average contributor's performance while long-term contributors compare it to their own media.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2008
• Where: CORR
• Authors: Bernardo A. Huberman, Daniel M. Romero, Fang Wu
• Keywords: Consequent Drop, CORR 2008, Education, Massive Data, Strong Positive Dependence