Socialization in an Open Source Software Community: A Socio-Technical Analysis

By Nicolas Ducheneaut. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), 2005

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Influence of social and technical factors for evaluating contribution in GitHub (2014, background): “In fact, prior work suggests that there exists a complex social structure around contribution in open source software [8].”
Emergence of New Project Teams from Open Source Software Developer Networks: Impact of Prior Collaboration Ties (2008, methodology): “contributions. The work most similar to our research is done by Ducheneaut (2005) who examined the”
Women’s Participation in Open Source Software: A Survey of the Literature (2021, background): “The lack of peer parity can be alleviated by attracting more women, which can be accomplished by recognizing different types of contributions [PS11], for example recognizing contributors who participate by answering questions and discussing issues [29, 110].”
Latent social structure in open source projects (2008, background): “While this is the prescribed venue for engineering discussions (due to it’s broadcast nature) [7, 22, 34, 46], we miss other potential developer interactions, such as private emails, irc channels, or discussions in bug reports.”
Gender and Tenure Diversity in GitHub Teams (2015, background): “Finally, OSS communities generally exhibit a core-periphery structure [23], in which a small group of developers drives the work (the core ), and a larger and more loosely coupled group of contributors (the periphery ) supports the core by reporting issues, submitting patches, or contributing…”
Work Practices and Challenges in Pull-Based Development: The Contributor's Perspective (2014, methodology): “Jiang et al. [8] analyzed patch submission and acceptance in the Linux kernel project, which is using a preliminary pull-based development model, and found that, through time, contributions are becoming more frequent, while code reviews are taking less time.”
Socialization tactics in wikipedia and their effects (2010, methodology): “Ducheneaut [7], using ethnographic analysis, found that well-adjusted newcomers engage in identity construction over time and forge alliances with other group members.”
Wikipedians are born, not made: a study of power editors on Wikipedia (2009, methodology): “For example, as seen in Ducheneaut, Python developers become better as the age [11].”
Quick, Community-Specific Learning: How Distinctive Toxicity Norms Are Maintained in Political Subreddits (2020, background): “Most research on norm conforming behavior focuses on post-entry socialization (Choi et al. 2010; Ren, Kraut, and Kiesler 2007; Ducheneaut 2005; Burke, Kraut, and Joyce 2010) highlighting that these processes, especially learning from the community’s response to one’s posts, are crucial to norm confo”
Social Barriers Faced by Newcomers Placing Their First Contribution in Open Source Software Projects (2015, background): “Findings from some studies [18, 27] revealed some of these entry barriers led to improved contributions in the future.”
Building Member Attachment in Online Communities: Applying Theories of Group Identity and Interpersonal Bonds (2012, background): “In another, over half of the developers who registered to participate in a Python open source development project did not return after their first contribution (Ducheneaut 2005).”