%0 Conference Paper %1 rader2008influences %A Rader, E. %A Wash, R. %B CSCW '08: Proceedings of the ACM 2008 conference on Computer supported cooperative work %C New York, NY, USA %D 2008 %I ACM %K choice delicious influence mt tag %P 239--248 %R http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1460563.1460601 %T Influences on tag choices in del.icio.us %U http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1460563.1460601&coll=Portal&dl=GUIDE&CFID=31571793&CFTOKEN=71651308 %X Collaborative tagging systems have the potential to produce socially constructed information organization schemes. The effectiveness of tags for finding and re-finding information depends upon how individual users choose tags; however, influences on users’ tag choices are poorly understood. We quantitatively test competing hypotheses from the literature concerning these choices, using data from del.icio.us (a collaborative tagging system for organizing web bookmarks) and a computer model of possible tag choice strategies. We find evidence that users choose tags in a pattern consistent with personal information management goals, rather than as a result of social influence. %@ 978-1-60558-007-4

@inproceedings{rader2008influences, abstract = {Collaborative tagging systems have the potential to produce socially constructed information organization schemes. The effectiveness of tags for finding and re-finding information depends upon how individual users choose tags; however, influences on users’ tag choices are poorly understood. We quantitatively test competing hypotheses from the literature concerning these choices, using data from del.icio.us (a collaborative tagging system for organizing web bookmarks) and a computer model of possible tag choice strategies. We find evidence that users choose tags in a pattern consistent with personal information management goals, rather than as a result of social influence.}, added-at = {2009-11-24T09:20:17.000+0100}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Rader, E. and Wash, R.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2519451979991fc066db4d1a71144d1b4/ghp09}, booktitle = {CSCW '08: Proceedings of the ACM 2008 conference on Computer supported cooperative work}, description = {Influences on tag choices in del.icio.us}, doi = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1460563.1460601}, interhash = {57a333943d95f78b53b96180ce750aa7}, intrahash = {519451979991fc066db4d1a71144d1b4}, isbn = {978-1-60558-007-4}, keywords = {choice delicious influence mt tag}, location = {San Diego, CA, USA}, pages = {239--248}, publisher = {ACM}, timestamp = {2009-11-24T09:20:18.000+0100}, title = {Influences on tag choices in del.icio.us}, url = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1460563.1460601&coll=Portal&dl=GUIDE&CFID=31571793&CFTOKEN=71651308}, year = 2008 }