Many online communities suffer from a lack of contributions by community members. Researchers from the University of Indiana have tested ways to encourage participation in online communities.
http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol10/issue4/ling.html
They found individuals contributed when they were reminded of their uniqueness and when they were given specific and challenging goals.
Were they correct?




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Quite an interesting article, with some thought-provoking hypotheses which might help increase contributions to blogs like this!
Fiona