Increasing user participation: An exploratory study of querying on the Facebook and Twitter platforms

Authors

  • Caren Crowley iMinds-DistriNet, KU Leuven
  • Wilfried Daniels iMinds-DistriNet, KU Leuven
  • Rafael Bachiller iMinds-DistriNet, KU Leuven
  • Wouter Joosen iMinds-DistriNet, KU Leuven
  • Danny Hughes iMinds-DistriNet, KU Leuven

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v19i8.5325

Keywords:

social media, social networks, applications

Abstract

Participatory applications frequently rely upon a crowd–sourced community of users who contribute data and content to deliver a service. The success or failure of participatory applications is dependent on developing and maintaining a community of responsive users. This paper reports the results of an exploratory 30–day study examining user responsiveness to query messages. In total 3,055 check–in requests were sent via the online social networks Facebook or Twitter to 70 participants who were randomly recruited using a chain referral process, wherein existing users recruited others to participate.

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Published

2014-07-28

How to Cite

Crowley, C., Daniels, W., Bachiller, R., Joosen, W., & Hughes, D. (2014). Increasing user participation: An exploratory study of querying on the Facebook and Twitter platforms. First Monday, 19(8). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v19i8.5325