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While many questions and answer exchanges are short-lived, there is a small yet interesting subset of questions where new answers receive community approval and which may end up being ranked more highly than early answers.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Research limitations\/implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>\u2013 As a large-scale data oriented research study, this work says little about user motivations to find and contribute new knowledge to old questions or about the impact of the resource on the consumer. This will require complementary studies using qualitative and evaluative methods.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Practical implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>\u2013 While content contribution to social question-asking is largely undertaken within a very short time frame, content consumption is usually over far longer periods. Methods and incentives by which content can be updated and maintained need to be considered. This work should be of interest to knowledge exchange community designers and managers.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>\u2013 Few studies have looked at temporal patterns in social Q&amp;A and how time and the moderation and voting systems employed may shape resource quality.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/jd-04-2013-0050","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,11,16]],"date-time":"2014-11-16T08:36:06Z","timestamp":1416126966000},"page":"711-733","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Knowledge fixation and accretion: longitudinal analysis of a social question-answering site"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"70","author":[{"given":"Paul","family":"Matthews","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]}],"member":"140","reference":[{"key":"key2020122900442885000_b1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Adamic, L. , Zhang, J. , Bakshy, E. and Ackerman, M. 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