1. Crowdsourcing, attention and productivity.
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Huberman, Bernardo A., Romero, Daniel M., and Fang Wu
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ONLINE databases , *ASYMPTOTES , *ONLINE social networks , *SOCIAL media , *INTERNET , *INFORMATION technology , *INFORMATION science - Abstract
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2009
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