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From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Dante-Gabryell Monson</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dante.monson@gmail.com">dante.monson@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:20 AM<br>Subject: Attention and Peer Production - pdf<br>
To: Michel Bauwens <<a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br><div><div><i><b>"�Feedback loops of attention in peer production "</b></i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div>
<div>Fang Wu, Dennis M. Wilkinson, and Bernardo A. Huberman</div><div>HP Labs</div><div style="font-style: italic;">
<br></div></div><div style="font-style: italic;">pdf :</div><div style="font-style: italic;"><br></div><div><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(118, 118, 118); line-height: 15px;"><cite style="color: rgb(14, 119, 74); font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/scl/papers/" target="_blank">www.hpl.hp.com/research/scl/papers/</a><b>feedback</b>s/<b>feedback</b>s.pdf</cite>�</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(118, 118, 118); line-height: 15px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(118, 118, 118); line-height: 15px;">more :�</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(118, 118, 118); line-height: 15px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(118, 118, 118); line-height: 15px;"><a href="http://www.google.be/search?sourceid=chrome&client=ubuntu&channel=cs&ie=UTF-8&q=Feedback+Loops+of+Attention+in+Peer+Production" target="_blank">http://www.google.be/search?sourceid=chrome&client=ubuntu&channel=cs&ie=UTF-8&q=Feedback+Loops+of+Attention+in+Peer+Production</a></span></div>
<div><br></div><div>excerpts :</div><div><br></div><div>page 1</div><div><br></div><div><b><font size="4">Getting attention paid to one�s contributions is a form of</font></b></div><div><b><font size="4">value [10]; people are willing to forsake financial gain for it</font></b></div>
<div><b><font size="4">[11].�</font></b></div></div><div><br></div><div>...</div><div><br></div><div><div>This paper addresses how attention and followers affect</div><div>contributions to peer production websites, and in particular</div>
<div>how they motivate prolific contributors to remain active for a</div><div>long time.</div></div><div><br></div><div>...</div><div><br></div><div>page 3�</div><div><br></div><div><div>The evidence presented above suggests a strong correla-</div>
<div>tion between popularity (attention received) and productivity</div><div>(tendency to contribute). It is thus natural to ask whether</div><div>one could develop a model to predict a user�s productivity</div><div>from her popularity.</div>
</div><div><br></div><div>page 6 - from conclusion :</div><div><br></div><div><div>Taken together, our findings suggest</div><div>that <b>the feedback loop of attention is an important ingredient</b></div><div><b>in a successful of a peer production effort because of its role</b></div>
<div><b>in motivating devoted contributors to persist.</b></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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