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The Usage Pattern of Social Q&A Site——Take Chinese Yahoo Answers as an Example |
Wu Kewen Zhao Yuxiang Zhu Qinghua |
(Department of Information Management, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093,China) |
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Abstract This paper introduces the development of newly-emerging social Q&A sites and their related studies. By analyzing the elements and operation process of Chinese Yahoo Answers, the usage patterns of social Q&A site are presented. The result shows that there are significant differences in users’ interests, usage motivation, knowledge structure and question formulation, while the overall answer quality is not satisfied. This paper lays the foundation for a deeper understanding of usage behavior.
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Received: 25 November 2009
Published: 25 December 2009
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Corresponding Authors:
Kewen Wu
E-mail: kewen-wu@163.com
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About author:: Wu Kewen,Zhao Yuxiang,Zhu Qinghua |
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