Because Q&A communities rely on each other so heavily to grow, it is important that there contribution from everyone and that it is consistent. Some ways to encourage this is through
- peer recognition
- voting designs such as favoriting or downvoting answers/questions
- continuous knowledge-seeking from members

Encouraging contribution in Q&A communities

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Leadership is important within an online community as it helps encourage others to contribute and maintains the cohesion within the community. It emerges based on on how much the person is contributing in knowledge as well as sociability. The lack of social presence forces members to put more effort into connecting with others, therefore the more connections and social capital a member has, the more likely they are to be seen as a leader.Leadership is important within an online community as it helps encourage others to contribute and maintains the cohesion within the community.

Leadership in online Q&A communities

Q&A communities involve members asking questions to the rest of the site and having others respond to the best of their knowledge to help the person find an answer to their question. This involves knowledge-seeking on both the questioner side and the answerer side.

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- Q&A Communities
- Blogs
- Course management
- Social networking
- Social learning
- Online universities
- Skills and language exchange platforms

Types of online learning communities

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Online Q&A Communities

Regularly updated website or webpage that is contributed to by a group or community. 

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