https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1709.05111/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31456305urn:hackerpapers:mention:1709.05111:31456305Sat, 21 May 2022 08:44:07 GMT<p>We didn&#x27;t focus on individual contributions, only on community-level metrics. The reputation metric we used rewards frequency of contributions (questions, answer, comments) and that turned out to make a difference in building a strong core. Also, core is not static, sustainable communities have the ability to &quot;pull&quot; new users into the core, so new, enthusiastic users are not discarded by the existing core. If you are interested in individual efforts and user archetypes take a look at another work: https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.05111</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1709.05111/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.SI