Who connects with whom? A social network analysis of an online open source software community
Dados Bibliográficos
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| ANO | Não informado |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| PERIÓDICO | First Monday |
| ISSN | 1396-0466 |
| E-ISSN | 1396-0466 |
| DOI | 10.5210/fm.v16i6.3551 |
| ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
Resumo
By examining 'who connects with whom' in an online community using social network analysis, this study tests the social drivers that shape the collaboration dynamics among a group of participants from SourceForge, the largest open source community on the Web. The formation of the online social network was explored by testing two distinct network attachment logics: strategic selection and homophily. Both logics received some support. Taken together, the results are suggestive of a 'performance-based clustering' phenomenon within the OSS online community in which most collaborations involve accomplished developers, and novice developers tend to partner with less accomplished and less experienced peers.