Sustained participation is critical to the success of digital citizen-science initiatives, yet much of the current literature focuses on mapping people’s motives to engage without considering the extent to which participation is sustained over time. We conducted a year-long experimental study ($n=85$) “in-thewild” to explore the effects of human-value orientations on the use of digital citizen-science tools. Participants took part in both the co-design and use of digital citizen-science tools in Lappeenranta, Finland from 2018–2019. Our statistical analysis finds evidence of relations between value orientations, sustained participation, and the number and quality of digital interactions. Specifically, we find that value orientations are linked with different usage patterns. For instance, people with a stronger openness-to-change (OTC) values tended to use the mobile application to check others’ submissions, even when they had nothing to submit, whereas people with stronger security values mostly used the application when they had something relevant to submit. Further understanding the influence of human values in digital citizen science is a promising area for future research that could contribute to a) guide the design of incentive mechanisms, b) understand user experiences in online communities, and c) inform the design and evaluation of digital citizen-science technologies.

持续的参与对于数字公民科学计划的成功至关重要，然而，当前的许多文献都集中在绘制人们的参与动机上，而没有考虑到参与程度随着时间的推移而持续。我们进行了为期一年的实验研究（$ñ=85$），以探索人类价值取向对数字公民科学工具使用的影响。从2018年至2019年，参与者参加了芬兰拉彭兰塔的数字公民科学工具的共同设计和使用。我们的统计分析发现了价值取向，持续参与以及数字互动的数量和质量之间的关系的证据。具体来说，我们发现价值取向与不同的使用模式有关。例如，具有更强开放变更（OTC）值的人倾向于使用移动应用程序来检查他人的提交内容，即使他们没有什么要提交的内容，而具有更强安全性的人则大多在有东西时使用该应用程序有关提交。