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Impression formation in online peer production: activity traces and personal profiles in github

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Jennifer Marlow,

Jim HerbslebAuthors Info & Claims

CSCW '13: Proceedings of the 2013 conference on Computer supported cooperative work

Pages 117 - 128

https://doi.org/10.1145/2441776.2441792

Published: 23 February 2013 Publication History

Abstract

In this paper we describe a qualitative investigation of impression formation in an online distributed software development community with social media functionality. We find that users in this setting seek out additional information about each other to explore the project space, inform future interactions, and understand the potential future value of a new person. They form impressions around other users' expertise based on history of activity across projects, and successful collaborations with key high status projects in the community. These impressions influence their receptivity to strangers' work contributions.

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