Motivation Under Gamification: An Empirical Study of Developers’ Motivations and Contributions in Stack Overflow
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DOI: 10.1109/tse.2021.3130088
Abstract: To encourage developers’ volunteer contributions, modern programming question and answer (Q&A) sites like Stack Overflow (SO) employ gamified incentive mechanisms such as reputation and badges. Understanding developers’ motivations in the presence of gamification and the… read more here.
Keywords: gamification; stack overflow; incentive mechanisms; motivation gamification ... See more keywords