<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>
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%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>
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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>},
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author = {Restivo, Michael and van de Rijt, Arnout},
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title = {Experimental Study of Informal Rewards in Peer Production},
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