http://p2pfoundation.net/Feedback_Loops_of_Attention_in_Peer_Production thanks Dante! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:20 AM Subject: Attention and Peer Production - pdf To: Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> *" Feedback loops of attention in peer production "* * * Fang Wu, Dennis M. Wilkinson, and Bernardo A. Huberman HP Labs pdf : www.hpl.hp.com/research/scl/papers/*feedback*s/*feedback*s.pdf more : http://www.google.be/search?sourceid=chrome&client=ubuntu&channel=cs&ie=UTF-... excerpts : page 1 *Getting attention paid to one’s contributions is a form of* *value [10]; people are willing to forsake financial gain for it* *[11]. * ... This paper addresses how attention and followers affect contributions to peer production websites, and in particular how they motivate prolific contributors to remain active for a long time. ... page 3 The evidence presented above suggests a strong correla- tion between popularity (attention received) and productivity (tendency to contribute). It is thus natural to ask whether one could develop a model to predict a user’s productivity from her popularity. page 6 - from conclusion : Taken together, our findings suggest that *the feedback loop of attention is an important ingredient* *in a successful of a peer production effort because of its role* *in motivating devoted contributors to persist.* -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens