# Mining Communication Data in a Music Community: A Preliminary Analysis

## TL;DR

This paper explores how comment-based communication influences member behavior in an online music community focused on collaborative songwriting, highlighting the role of comments in fostering collaboration and artifact improvement.

## Contribution

It presents a preliminary analysis of communication networks in a music community, emphasizing the importance of comments in collaborative creative processes.

## Key findings

- Comments facilitate collaboration and feedback in the community.
- Communication patterns influence member engagement and artifact development.
- Preliminary insights into online creative community dynamics.

## Abstract

Comments play an important role within online creative communities because they make it possible to foster the production and improvement of authors' artifacts. We investigate how comment-based communication help shape members' behavior within online creative communities. In this paper, we report the results of a preliminary study aimed at mining the communication network of a music community for collaborative songwriting, where users collaborate online by first uploading new songs and then by adding new tracks and providing feedback in forms of comments.

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/1705.04485