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ADBIS
2011
Springer
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12 years 7 months ago
An Analysis of the Structure and Dynamics of Large-Scale Q/A Communities
Abstract. In recent years, the World Wide Web (WWW) has transformed to a gigantic social network where people interact and collaborate in diverse online communities. By using Web 2...
Daniel Schall, Florian Skopik
HICSS
2002
IEEE
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14 years 14 days ago
Social Capital and Volunteerism in Virtual Communities: The Case of the Internet Chess Club
This paper considers the theory of social capital and volunteerism in an online gaming community, the Internet Chess Club (ICC). We discuss how increased social capital provides b...
Mark Ginsburg, Suzanne P. Weisband
DIGITALCITIES
2000
Springer
13 years 12 months ago
Experiments in the Digital 'Engineering City Oulu'
The paper outlines results of feasibility experiments with new functions for a local version of the digital city, performed under a collective name 'Engineering City Oulu'...
Lech Krzanik, Minna Mäkäräinen
AAAI
2010
13 years 9 months ago
Modeling Dynamic Multi-Topic Discussions in Online Forums
In the form of topic discussions, users interact with each other to share knowledge and exchange information in online forums. Modeling the evolution of topic discussion reveals h...
Hao Wu, Jiajun Bu, Chun Chen, Can Wang, Guang Qiu,...
CSCW
2011
ACM
13 years 2 months ago
Towards quality discourse in online news comments
With the growth in sociality and interaction around online news media, news sites are increasingly becoming places for communities to discuss and address common issues spurred by ...
Nicholas Diakopoulos, Mor Naaman