A survey of revenue sharing social software's systems
Kevin E. K. Chai, Vidyasagar M. Potdar, Elizabeth Chang · 2007
In this paper we survey 21 different revenue sharing social software based websites and analyze the approaches that these websites have taken in sharing its revenue. We investigate the revenue sharing algorithms if they are disclosed as well as outline the anti-fraud mechanism implemented by these websites to avoid forgery. The sudden emergence of revenue sharing websites shows the importance of user generated content and the users who play a major role in the success of social software websites. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.5.3. Group and Organization Interfaces: Web-based interaction, D.m [Software Psychology]: social software, user contribution measurement and algorithms, contribution motivation. J.4 [Economics]: revenue sharing