%0 Journal Article %1 10.1371/journal.pone.0034358 %A Restivo, Michael %A van de Rijt, Arnout %D 2012 %I Public Library of Science %J PLoS ONE %K TOREAD barnstars motivation mt rewards userengagement wikipedia %N 3 %P e34358 %R 10.1371/journal.pone.0034358 %T Experimental Study of Informal Rewards in Peer Production %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0034358 %V 7 %X <p>We test the effects of informal rewards in online peer production. Using a randomized, experimental design, we assigned editing awards or “barnstars” to a subset of the 1% most productive Wikipedia contributors. Comparison with the control group shows that receiving a barnstar increases productivity by 60% and makes contributors six times more likely to receive additional barnstars from other community members, revealing that informal rewards significantly impact individual effort.</p>

@article{10.1371/journal.pone.0034358, abstract = {<p>We test the effects of informal rewards in online peer production. Using a randomized, experimental design, we assigned editing awards or “barnstars” to a subset of the 1% most productive Wikipedia contributors. Comparison with the control group shows that receiving a barnstar increases productivity by 60% and makes contributors six times more likely to receive additional barnstars from other community members, revealing that informal rewards significantly impact individual effort.</p>}, added-at = {2012-03-31T20:37:54.000+0200}, author = {Restivo, Michael and van de Rijt, Arnout}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/215da5931a12e0d5573a638c1b74281fe/muehlburger}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0034358}, interhash = {169546ef1bd7643e221765bbba32ffcb}, intrahash = {15da5931a12e0d5573a638c1b74281fe}, journal = {PLoS ONE}, keywords = {TOREAD barnstars motivation mt rewards userengagement wikipedia}, month = {03}, number = 3, pages = {e34358}, publisher = {Public Library of Science}, timestamp = {2012-03-31T20:37:54.000+0200}, title = {Experimental Study of Informal Rewards in Peer Production}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0034358}, volume = 7, year = 2012 }