Data analysis of social community reputation: Good questions vs. good answers

Developing an understanding of the behavior and reputation of community members, and the relationships between them, can help community developers and managers to build and maintain better communities. We analyzed Stack Overflow, currently one of the most popular Q&A communities for developers, in order to understand the relationship between user behavior and reputation. Our data analysis of user activities, as well as our analysis of the each behavior´s reputation impact, has revealed that asking good questions is an important behavior in Stack Overflow. Good questioners have higher reputation, in spite of the reputation system´s design, and they are also more likely to engage in other reputation-positive behavioral activities.