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The influence of project initiators’ person-to-person followership on project popularity in open source communities: The role of reach and importance
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems ( IF 7 ) Pub Date : 2023-05-19 , DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2023.101771
Qin Weng , Franck Soh

Person-to-person (P2P) followership is an important aspect of major open source software (OSS) development platforms. In this age of social media platforms, P2P followership has significantly shaped the way users engage in OSS development by facilitating the establishment of connections among OSS users. Despite the prevalence of P2P followership, less is known about the impact of OSS project initiators’ P2P followership nodes on their project popularity. This is a particularly important gap considering the low rate of OSS project success. We posit that OSS project initiators derive information and influence benefits from the quantity and connectivity of their P2P followership nodes, explaining the popularity of the projects initiated. We determine the connectivity of OSS project initiators’ P2P followership nodes based on the nodes’ reach and importance. To test the hypotheses, we use a large panel dataset collected over 24 months from GitHub. The findings indicate that the quantity of OSS project initiators’ P2P followership nodes including followers and followees has a positive effect on their project popularity. Moreover, such an effect is mostly dependent on the connectivity of the OSS project initiators’ P2P followership nodes in such a way that highly connected P2P followership nodes do not impact influence benefits but they increase information benefits. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of our findings.



中文翻译:

项目发起人的个人关注度对项目在开源社区中受欢迎程度的影响:范围和重要性的作用

个人对个人 (P2P) 追随者是主要开源软件 (OSS) 开发平台的一个重要方面。在这个社交媒体平台时代,P2P 追随者通过促进 OSS 用户之间建立联系,极大地塑造了用户参与 OSS 开发的方式。尽管 P2P 追随者普遍存在,但人们对 OSS 项目发起人的 P2P 追随者节点对其项目受欢迎程度的影响知之甚少。考虑到 OSS 项目的低成功率,这是一个特别重要的差距。我们假设 OSS 项目发起人从其 P2P 追随者节点的数量和连接性中获取信息和影响力收益,这解释了所发起项目的受欢迎程度。我们根据节点的覆盖范围和重要性来确定 OSS 项目发起人的 P2P 关注节点的连通性。为了检验假设,我们使用了 24 个月内从 GitHub 收集的大型面板数据集。研究结果表明,OSS 项目发起人的 P2P 关注节点数量(包括关注者和被关注者)对其项目热度有正向影响。此外,这种效果主要取决于 OSS 项目发起人的 P2P 追随者节点的连接性,高度连接的 P2P 追随者节点不会影响影响力收益,但会增加信息收益。我们讨论了我们的发现的理论和实践意义。研究结果表明,OSS 项目发起人的 P2P 关注节点数量(包括关注者和被关注者)对其项目热度有正向影响。此外,这种效果主要取决于 OSS 项目发起人的 P2P 追随者节点的连接性,高度连接的 P2P 追随者节点不会影响影响力收益,但会增加信息收益。我们讨论了我们的发现的理论和实践意义。研究结果表明,OSS 项目发起人的 P2P 关注节点数量(包括关注者和被关注者)对其项目热度有正向影响。此外,这种效果主要取决于 OSS 项目发起人的 P2P 追随者节点的连接性,高度连接的 P2P 追随者节点不会影响影响力收益,但会增加信息收益。我们讨论了我们的发现的理论和实践意义。这种效果主要取决于 OSS 项目发起人的 P2P 追随者节点的连通性,高度连通的 P2P 追随者节点不会影响影响力收益,但会增加信息收益。我们讨论了我们的发现的理论和实践意义。这种效果主要取决于 OSS 项目发起人的 P2P 追随者节点的连通性,高度连通的 P2P 追随者节点不会影响影响力收益,但会增加信息收益。我们讨论了我们的发现的理论和实践意义。

更新日期:2023-05-20
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