Agent-based modeling to inform online community design: Impact of topical breadth, message volume, and discussion moderation on member commitment and contribution

Social Sciences

• internet community 94%
• commitment 58%
• social science theory 50%
• simulation 27%
• experiment 20%
• Community Participation 19%
• research focus 17%
• social system 17%
• social science 12%
• decision making 11%
• interaction 8%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Systems Analysis 100%
• Social Sciences 80%
• Social Theory 58%
• Social Identification 30%
• Community Participation 27%
• Decision Making 18%
• Motivation 17%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Social sciences 82%
• Large scale systems 18%
• Decision making 15%
• Experiments 15%