Understanding and Enhancing a Participatory Culture of Software Development

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The adoption rate of social media such as Facebook and Twitter has been unprecedented in the history of technology adoption. These tools have had a profound and disruptive impact on many domains. Likewise, we see a transformative impact from the use of social media on software development. Social coding sites such as GitHub, and community authored question and answer forums such as Stack Overflow, have become part of the de facto toolset for many software engineers. These social tools facilitate the emergence of a participatory development culture, where developers are keen to connect with, learn from, and co-create with others. This participatory development culture has accelerated the creation and sharing of important open source software and technical resources.