Gender, Representation and
Gender, Representation and
Online Participation:
Online Participation:
a Quantitative Study
a Quantitative Study
My research background
My research background
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Software engineering
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Software maintenance & evolution
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Software architectures, components & reuse
–
Effort estimation
–
Quantitative studies
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Open processes
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Open source products
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Social networks
• Wikipedia
• Q&A sites
The Fastest Q! Site in the "est
The Fastest Q! Site in the "est
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StackOverflow is a “Question & Answer site for
programmers”
–
art of the StackE!change network
•
"ost #uestions are answered
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StackOverflow $%&'()*
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+ahoo, Answers $--'&)*
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.i/ $0(()*
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"edian answer time of onl1 22 minutes,
Mamykina, L., Manoim, B., Mittal, M., Hripcsak, G., & Hartmann, B. (2011, May). Design lessons from the fastest q&a site in the west. In Proceedins o! t"e #IG$HI con!erence on H%man !actors in comp%tin systems (pp. 2&'()2&**). +$M.
Ga#e Mechanis#s in SO
Ga#e Mechanis#s in SO
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SO is 3ased on points
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Reputation points
• 4ood answer
• 4ood comment
• 4ood #uestion
• '''
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Badges
• opular Question
• 5ommentator
• /ecromancer
• 6
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Privileges7 more points give access to more features
• 8oting
• 5ommenting
• Editing
$o% this %ork started
$o% this %ork started
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"a9or conference, paper painting the
awesomeness of StackOverflow
Lot%!o, ,., Passos, L., & $-arnecki, .. (2012, /%ne). Towards improving bug tracking systems with game mechanisms. In Minin #o!t0are ,epositories (M#,), 2012 1t" I222 3orkin $on!erence on (pp. 2)11). I222.
$o% this %ork started
$o% this %ork started
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aper was well received
•
Questions from the audience7
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is SO attracting a male-only crowd?
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•
•
•
Wider #uestions7
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Are prizes, badges, reputation creating an
unbalanced participation?
–
Is “gaming” lethal for a social networ? !aing it
less sustainable?
!necdotal evidence&&&
!necdotal evidence&&&
! bit o' a touchy topic&&&
! bit o' a touchy topic&&&
Regarding the FLOSS community as a whole, have you ever observed discriminatory behaviour against women?
FLOSSPOLS
Deliverable D! "ender# $ntegrated Re%ort o& Findings'
htt%#((www'&loss%ols'org(deliverables(D!)*+L(FLOSSPOLS,D!,"ender-$ntegrated-Re%ort-o&-Findings'htm, .//!'
(e#oted skills
(e#oted skills
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4nline stat%s and rep%tation5 6pro6 and
6rookie6
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:echnical skills7 coding, de3ugging, etc'
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/on;technical skills7 usa3ilit1, we3 design, etc'
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(…) the skill of web design was demoted to
a non!technical" status as it became a
way in which women described and
approached their work #$otamra%u &''()
0otamra1u, 2' .//3' 4rt versus 5ode%# *he "endered 6volution o& 7eb Design d& S8ills' $n )oward, P' and S' 9ones :eds; Society Online# *he $nternet in 5onte :trying to; avoid moralistic messages
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*#pirical approach
*#pirical approach
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>ata miningA/ame e!traction
•
4ender resolution
•
>etection of activit1 on
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StackOverflow
–
>rupal
–
Wordress
•
Statistical comparison 3etween gender
(ata and na#e e+traction
(ata and na#e e+traction
•
StackOverflow pu3lic data dump
–
2,BC-,CB- registered users
–
o much noise to automaticall1 assign gender
–
Random sampling
• &) margin error
• %%) confidence interval
• Su3set of D,2DD SO users
• "anual gender resolution
(ata and na#e e+traction ,,
(ata and na#e e+traction ,,
•
>rupal and Wordress
mailing lists
– Eoth separate Q&A into
various sub-lists
• 5onsulting
• >evelopment
• Support
• 6
– "ame, Surname, email
address, te#t of email,
FFinGresponse$toHH
tag
– All messages & authors
anal1sed
– "anual gender resolution
/(!(=
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!uto#atic gender resolution
!uto#atic gender resolution
•
1thon tool developed
"ender ?masculine, &eminine,
Gender, Representation and
Online Participation:
Online Participation:
a Quantitative Study
a Quantitative Study
My research background
My research background
•
Software engineering
–
Software maintenance & evolution
–
Software architectures, components & reuse
–
Effort estimation
–
Quantitative studies
•
Open processes
–
Open source products
–
Social networks
• Wikipedia
• Q&A sites
The Fastest Q! Site in the "est
The Fastest Q! Site in the "est
•
StackOverflow is a “Question & Answer site for
programmers”
–
art of the StackE!change network
•
"ost #uestions are answered
–
StackOverflow $%&'()*
–
+ahoo, Answers $--'&)*
–
.i/ $0(()*
•
"edian answer time of onl1 22 minutes,
Mamykina, L., Manoim, B., Mittal, M., Hripcsak, G., & Hartmann, B. (2011, May). Design lessons from the fastest q&a site in the west. In Proceedins o! t"e #IG$HI con!erence on H%man !actors in comp%tin systems (pp. 2&'()2&**). +$M.
Ga#e Mechanis#s in SO
Ga#e Mechanis#s in SO
•
SO is 3ased on points
–
Reputation points
• 4ood answer
• 4ood comment
• 4ood #uestion
• '''
–
Badges
• opular Question
• 5ommentator
• /ecromancer
• 6
–
Privileges7 more points give access to more features
• 8oting
• 5ommenting
• Editing
$o% this %ork started
$o% this %ork started
•
"a9or conference, paper painting the
awesomeness of StackOverflow
Lot%!o, ,., Passos, L., & $-arnecki, .. (2012, /%ne). Towards improving bug tracking systems with game mechanisms. In Minin #o!t0are ,epositories (M#,), 2012 1t" I222 3orkin $on!erence on (pp. 2)11). I222.
$o% this %ork started
$o% this %ork started
•
aper was well received
•
Questions from the audience7
–
is SO attracting a male-only crowd?
•
•
•
•
Wider #uestions7
–
Are prizes, badges, reputation creating an
unbalanced participation?
–
Is “gaming” lethal for a social networ? !aing it
less sustainable?
!necdotal evidence&&&
!necdotal evidence&&&
! bit o' a touchy topic&&&
! bit o' a touchy topic&&&
Regarding the FLOSS community as a whole, have you ever observed discriminatory behaviour against women?
FLOSSPOLS
Deliverable D! "ender# $ntegrated Re%ort o& Findings'
htt%#((www'&loss%ols'org(deliverables(D!)*+L(FLOSSPOLS,D!,"ender-$ntegrated-Re%ort-o&-Findings'htm, .//!'
(e#oted skills
(e#oted skills
•
4nline stat%s and rep%tation5 6pro6 and
6rookie6
–
:echnical skills7 coding, de3ugging, etc'
–
/on;technical skills7 usa3ilit1, we3 design, etc'
•
(…) the skill of web design was demoted to
a non!technical" status as it became a
way in which women described and
approached their work #$otamra%u &''()
0otamra1u, 2' .//3' 4rt versus 5ode%# *he "endered 6volution o& 7eb Design d& S8ills' $n )oward, P' and S' 9ones :eds; Society Online# *he $nternet in 5onte :trying to; avoid moralistic messages
/(!(=
/(!(=
*#pirical approach
*#pirical approach
•
>ata miningA/ame e!traction
•
4ender resolution
•
>etection of activit1 on
–
StackOverflow
–
>rupal
–
Wordress
•
Statistical comparison 3etween gender
(ata and na#e e+traction
(ata and na#e e+traction
•
StackOverflow pu3lic data dump
–
2,BC-,CB- registered users
–
o much noise to automaticall1 assign gender–
Random sampling
• &) margin error
• %%) confidence interval
• Su3set of D,2DD SO users
• "anual gender resolution
(ata and na#e e+traction ,,
(ata and na#e e+traction ,,
•
>rupal and Wordress
mailing lists
– Eoth separate Q&A into
various sub-lists
• 5onsulting
• >evelopment
• Support
• 6
– "ame, Surname, email
address, te#t of email,
FFinGresponse$toHH
tag
– All messages & authors
anal1sed
– "anual gender resolution
/(!(=
/(!(=
/(!(=
/(!(=
/(!(=
/(!(=
!uto#atic gender resolution
!uto#atic gender resolution
•
1thon tool developed
"ender ?masculine, &eminine,