Research Article

[Retracted] Modeling the Empowerment Mechanism of Knowledge Collaboration from the Perspective of Platform Affordances

Table 2

The matching analysis diagram of platform systems with organizational characteristics.

Example: Wukong Q&A
The matching of platform system with organizational mechanism
Organizational characteristics
Value positioningResource endowmentsCompetition strategies
Toutiao’s collaborative creating tool (internal benchmarking Zhihu, hoping to gather high-quality users and gain new traffic)Focusing on users in the sinking market; algorithm logicPreferential access to high-quality creators

Platform systemCore functionsSuggesting questions, answering, reading, commenting, liking, etc.Realizing social affordances
Interactive interfaceImitating Zhihu and Quora model to build the initial architecture, etc.Realizing social affordances
Interaction rulesInformation flow distribution, etc.Realizing social affordances
Incentive measuresSigning contracts with Zhihu influencers with high salary