To promote charitable giving, donation-based crowdfunding platforms adopted match offers, whereby leadership donors commit to matching the contribution of other donors at a given rate. While match offers have great potential to improve fundraising performance, a lot remains unknown about how and...

Social media-based platforms tend to provide much information and numerous options for users, making choice overload a prevalent issue in many online communities. Online healthcare communities (OHCs), which provide users with various healthcare interventions to promote healthy behavior and...

Users’ participation in virtual communities is a complex process. On the one hand, there exist more than one dynamic sources, such as sequential dynamics and temporal dynamics. On the other hand, users may develop different participation focuses through the participation process. These aspects...

Patient-centric online platforms for seeking peer support and engaging in health activities have become increasingly popular among social media users. Although there is an increasing number of online healthcare communities (OHCs), most struggle to remain operative. In this study, we draw from...