TY - JOUR AU - Farzan, Rosta AU - DiMicco, Joan AU - Brownholtz, Beth PY - 2010/05/16 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Mobilizing Lurkers with a Targeted Task JF - Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media JA - ICWSM VL - 4 IS - 1 SE - Poster Papers DO - 10.1609/icwsm.v4i1.14050 UR - https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/ICWSM/article/view/14050 SP - 235-238 AB - <p> Users of online communities are commonly classified into active members versus lurkers. In this work we experiment with a method designed to encourage lurkers to share their acquired social capital with a community through lightweight contribution. The findings from our experiment demonstrate the importance of exploring new ways lurker populations can offer additional benefits to online communities. </p> ER -