Real Time vs.

Non-Real
Time
Dave Musson
Jessica Speir
Joe Zeles
Tyler Brown
 Summary
Original Subject and New Subject

Real Time Software

Non-Real Time Software

Software that Contains Both

Conclusion
 Original Subject
What Motivates People to Act?
Intrinsic
Extrinsic
Overjustification Effect [Greene,
Sternberg and Lepper (1976)]
Why the Topic was Chosen
Interesting and Complex
 Narrowed Topic
Differences in Motivation Between
Real Time Software and Non-Real
Time Software?
Why Did We Change?
 Real Time Software
What is it?
Teleconferencing
Videoconferencing
Gaming
EDC Board
 Real Time Software
Motivation for using it
Instant Response
Accountability
Feel Like Part of the Group
Anonymity
Less in Small Groups
More in Large Groups (if Supported)
 Real Time Software
De-motivational Factors
No Complete Anonymity
What Applications Support This
Are They True Real Time Systems?
No Ability to Multi-Task
Some Systems Have High Performance
Needs
Accountability (also motivating)
 Non-Real Time Software
What is it?
Myspace
Email
Forums
Wikis
 Non-Real Time Software
Motivation for Using it
Respond When You Want To
What Other Applications or Products Take
This To Their Advantage?
What Applications Should?
Do These Applications Contribute To the
Flattening of the World?
 Non-Real Time Software
Motivation for using it (Cont.)
Can Support Complete Anonymity
Anybody Use Applications With Complete
Anonymity?
Why Do You Like Anonymity?
Why Do You Dislike It?
Allows for a Much Larger User Group
 Non-Real Time Software
De-motivational Factors
Cant Get an Immediate Response
Anonymity
No Accountability
 Non-Real Time Software
Wikipedia
Counting Edits (study by Jim Wales)
50% of the Edits are Done By 0.7% of the User
Population
Counting Content (i.e. Number of
Characters)
Statistics are Reversed
Most of the Content is By Users Who Make Only a
Few Edits
People Who Make Tons of Edits Usually Move Text
Around, Fix Syntax, etc
Future Study Will Be Based Off Content, Not Edits
http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/whowriteswikipedia
 Non-Real Time Software
Wikipedia (Cont.)
Most Content is Provided by People That
Know of the Topic in Depth
Symmetry of Ignorance and Fish Scale
Model
Wikipedia Relies on the Large Number of
Users to Provide Content
 Non-Real Time Software
Why Dont You Contribute To
Wikipedia?
 Non-Real Time Software
Why People Do Not Contribute
Do Not Have Any Information to
Contribute or Assume They Do Not
Feel That a Small Contribution Will Not
Help
They are Not Generous
Social Loafing No Responsibility
 Non-Real Time Software
Social Loafing

Responsibility Responsibility
 Conclusions of Real Time
Real Time Systems
Motivating Factors
No Social Loafing
Instant Response
Good for Small Groups
De-Motivating Factors
Accountability (can lead to shyness)
Must Be Available (hard to do with large groups)
System Requirements
Must Be Reliable and Usually High Performance
 Conclusions of Non-Real Time
Non-Real Time Systems
Motivating Factors
Participate When you Want
Anonymity
Good for Large Groups (often requires large groups)
De-Motivating Factors
Social Loafing
System Requirements
Requires Large User Base
Doesnt Need to be as Reliable
Not Necessarily Motivating for Participants
 Combination Software
Instant Messaging
Great for One on One (still
anonymous?)
Receive Real Time Interaction When All
Parties are Able To
Can Participate When You Want
Able to Connect Many to Many (what
advantage do we lose?)
Doesnt Support Storing the Same Way
Forums and Wikis Do
 Combination Software
Group Scribbles
Has Some Properties of When you
Want
More Graphical Representation Than IM
One on One or Many on Many?
Stores Current State
Doesnt Store Chain of Events
 Questions
Software We Didnt Mention?
Advantages or Disadvantages That
Werent Brought Up?
Personal Experiences?