How modern news aggregators help development communities shape and share knowledge

• Main Authors: ANICHE, Maurício, TREUDE, Christoph, STEINMACHER, Igor, WIESE, Igor Scaliante, PINTO, Gustavo, STOREY, Margaret-Anne, GEROSA, Marco Aurélio
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: News aggregators; development communities; knowledge sharing; Databases and Information Systems; Software Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/8928
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Many developers rely on modern news aggregator sites such as Reddit and Hacker News to stay up to date with the latest technological developments and trends. In order to understand what motivates developers to contribute, what kind of content is shared, and how knowledge is shaped by the community,...