I too found that surprising. My assumption is that a low quality entry spurs some one to action to edit it and since they are already there they mind as well p

I too found that surprising. My assumption is that a low quality entry spurs some one to action to edit it and since they are already there they mind as well put effort in to improving it. I still need to read the paper though. I believe this study was done in the context of wiki entries (Fandom) so I’m not sure if this does, and it may, generalize to conversational forum posts as I think you’re saying.