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Evidence of Online Performance Deterioration in User Sessions on Reddit
This article presents evidence of performance deterioration in online user sessions quantified by studying a massive dataset containing over 55 million comments posted on Reddit in April 2015. After segmenting the sessions (i.e., periods of activity without a prolonged break) depending on their inte...
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2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4999233/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27560185 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161636 |
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author | Singer, Philipp Ferrara, Emilio Kooti, Farshad Strohmaier, Markus Lerman, Kristina |
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description | This article presents evidence of performance deterioration in online user sessions quantified by studying a massive dataset containing over 55 million comments posted on Reddit in April 2015. After segmenting the sessions (i.e., periods of activity without a prolonged break) depending on their intensity (i.e., how many posts users produced during sessions), we observe a general decrease in the quality of comments produced by users over the course of sessions. We propose mixed-effects models that capture the impact of session intensity on comments, including their length, quality, and the responses they generate from the community. Our findings suggest performance deterioration: Sessions of increasing intensity are associated with the production of shorter, progressively less complex comments, which receive declining quality scores (as rated by other users), and are less and less engaging (i.e., they attract fewer responses). Our contribution evokes a connection between cognitive and attention dynamics and the usage of online social peer production platforms, specifically the effects of deterioration of user performance. |
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spelling | pubmed-49992332016-09-12 Evidence of Online Performance Deterioration in User Sessions on Reddit Singer, Philipp Ferrara, Emilio Kooti, Farshad Strohmaier, Markus Lerman, Kristina PLoS One Research Article This article presents evidence of performance deterioration in online user sessions quantified by studying a massive dataset containing over 55 million comments posted on Reddit in April 2015. After segmenting the sessions (i.e., periods of activity without a prolonged break) depending on their intensity (i.e., how many posts users produced during sessions), we observe a general decrease in the quality of comments produced by users over the course of sessions. We propose mixed-effects models that capture the impact of session intensity on comments, including their length, quality, and the responses they generate from the community. Our findings suggest performance deterioration: Sessions of increasing intensity are associated with the production of shorter, progressively less complex comments, which receive declining quality scores (as rated by other users), and are less and less engaging (i.e., they attract fewer responses). Our contribution evokes a connection between cognitive and attention dynamics and the usage of online social peer production platforms, specifically the effects of deterioration of user performance. Public Library of Science 2016-08-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4999233/ /pubmed/27560185 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161636 Text en © 2016 Singer et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Singer, Philipp Ferrara, Emilio Kooti, Farshad Strohmaier, Markus Lerman, Kristina Evidence of Online Performance Deterioration in User Sessions on Reddit |
title | Evidence of Online Performance Deterioration in User Sessions on Reddit |
title_full | Evidence of Online Performance Deterioration in User Sessions on Reddit |
title_fullStr | Evidence of Online Performance Deterioration in User Sessions on Reddit |
title_full_unstemmed | Evidence of Online Performance Deterioration in User Sessions on Reddit |
title_short | Evidence of Online Performance Deterioration in User Sessions on Reddit |
title_sort | evidence of online performance deterioration in user sessions on reddit |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4999233/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27560185 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161636 |
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