User Sentiments and Dynamics in the Decentralized Web: Reddit Migration's Impact on Lemmy
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Hello, My name is Thatiany Nunes. I hold a master's degree from the Department of Visual Contents at Dongseo University, South Korea. I would like to invite you to participate in a research survey. This survey is entirely voluntary, and there are no negative consequences if you choose not to participate. If you start the survey, you can always change your mind and stop at any time. All the information gathered will remain strictly confidential and will be used for academic purposes only. If you have any questions about this study please feel free to contact me at [email protected] Purpose of the Study: The aim of this study is to gain understanding of the impact of the Reddit migration on Lemmy and its community. It explores user sentiments, activity, and interaction within the platform, focusing on how the migration has influenced the community environment. What Will You Do? Participants will answer a series of questions related to their experiences and perceptions of the Reddit migration on Lemmy. The survey will include topics such as community interaction, content sharing, and user sentiments. The survey is estimated to take approximately 5 minutes to complete. Risks: No risks or discomfort are anticipated to be associated with your participation in this survey. The questions are designed to gather your opinions and experiences on Lemmy and do not include sensitive or personal topics. However, should you feel uncomfortable answering any question, you have the right to skip it or withdraw from the survey at any time. Possible Benefits: While there may not be direct benefits to you, your participation will contribute to a better understanding of community dynamics on decentralized web platforms, potentially informing future platform developments and user experience improvements. Agreement to Participate: Your participation is completely voluntary, and you can withdraw at any time. To take this survey, you must be at least 18 years old. If you meet these criteria and would like to take the survey, click “Yes” to start.

Hello everyone!

My name is Thatiany Nunes. I hold a master’s degree from the Department of Visual Contents at Dongseo University, South Korea. I am conducting a research study to understand the impact of the Reddit migration on Lemmy and its community dynamics.

Some of you might have already received a private message containing open-ended questions. However, I am now reaching out to extend a warm invitation to the entire community to participate in a short, multiple choice survey. This survey aims to gather your experiences and perceptions of the Reddit migration on Lemmy. It will take approximately 5 minutes to complete, and participation is entirely voluntary. Rest assured, all responses will be kept strictly confidential and will be used solely for academic purposes.

Link to the survey:

https://forms.gle/mZ2DgnxdR5KLJxfA9

This community was selected for this post due to its involvement in previous analyses conducted for my study. Mods, if this post violates any community rules, please feel free to remove it or contact me, and I will promptly delete it.

Thank you very much for your time and consideration. Your participation is greatly valued!

  • @[email protected]English
    14•9 months ago

    That is a google survey, uBlock Origin shows 79 different trackers, and JShelter shows a few more. If it were not for that i would answer your questions.

    • Nemeski
      10•9 months ago

      What would be good privacy-friendly alternatives?

      • @[email protected]English
        5•9 months ago

        Honestly i don’t know. A quick search trips my firewall for everything. Maybe it would have to be self hosted. I hope your survey goes well and you publish the results, but as it is i don’t use google.

      • @[email protected]
        4•9 months ago

        Cryptpad is a self-hosted FLOSS alternative to Google’s office suite that supports form creation. The cool thing about it is that you can create any document in a public instance (such as cryptpad.fr or cryptpad.disroot.org) and you don’t need to worry about your document being read by a server admin because all files are encrypted on the browser before being saved in the server.

    • @[email protected]
      7•9 months ago

      Agreed. OP: It would be great if you did your future surveys with a more privacy respecting service. Many of us here on Lemmy are pretty privacy and FOSS minded. Would jot have surprised me if my DNS blocked some part of that site. I did the survey with another browser.

  • @[email protected]English
    9•9 months ago

    Completed. Hope it helps.

    I have a suggestion. You may find it beneficial to add a multiple-selection question about the primary types of communities that Lemmy users subscribe to. E.g, “what are the communities you primarily use on Lemmy: Tech, Sports, DIY, Politics, Gaming, Memes/Funny” etc. It will give you a better view of the kind of user demographic that preferred to migrate vs stay on Reddit.

    You might also want to add an option for “Niche/special content” as one of the reasons I miss Reddit. Because that is the #1 thing I miss, finding random car subs that could answer all sorts of mechanical questions.

  • AdaEnglish
    6•9 months ago

    What are the type of communities you primarily use on Lemmy?

    Leaving LGBTIQ out of this seems like a bit of an oversight.

    How do you plan on collating people who put one of the many varied ways of describing those communities?

  • @[email protected]
    2•9 months ago

    this posting must be in response to someone asking if the pm from the same person was legit.

  • Anony MooseEnglish
    1•9 months ago

    This is great, I’ve completed the form. I hope you post results here at some point!