Framework Design

Social Design Principles

Starting Communities

1. Create mechanisms to match people to activities
2. Highlight more active tasks
3. Inactive tasks should have „expected active times“ Timeline Tracking, Progress Tracking, Timeline

Encouraging Contributions through Motivation

1. Make it easy to see and track needed contributions Task Representation, Explorer Navigation, Worklist, Task Alert, Timeline, User Tracking
2. Ask specific people on tasks of interest to them User Tracking
3. Simple tasks with challenging goals are easier to comply with Task Representation
4. Specify deadlines for tasks, while leaving people in control Timeline Tracking, Progress Tracking, Worklist, Task Alert
5. Give frequent feedback specific to the goals
6. Requests coming form leaders lead to more contributions
7. Publicize that others have complied with request
8. People are more willing to contribute: 1) when group is small, 2) when commited to the group, 3) when their contributions are unique

Encouraging Commitment

1. Cluster members to help them identify with the community
2. Give subgroups a name and a tagline
3. Put subgroups in the context of a larger group
4. Interdependent tasks increase commitment and reduce conflict