Abstract The social web has intervened in every aspect of our lives; however, any instance of its power still lies in the network of people interacting, and their contributions comprise the chunk of the co-creation involved. The technological tools employed by companies to harness the co-created content from users are themselves developed and contributed by users within the social space of a networked community or inter-networked communities within the social web. Therefore, in the new age, users are not only co-creating content but also co-creating an increasing amount of technology as a way of pursuing improvement. These so-called networked improvement communities (NICs) comprise of individuals, organizations, or both. Although there hav...