Dr. Casey FieslerMay 25, 2023
We ( @bkeegan @MattNicholson @blakeley ) are researchers at University of Colorado Boulder conducting a survey about social media platform migration. If you are at least 18 and have used Twitter and/or Mastodon you are eligible to share your experiences with leaving (or choosing not to leave) Twitter and/or joining (or choosing not to join) Mastodon. You can optionally provide your email address to enter a drawing for a $75 gift card. Please boost! Survey link: https://cuboulder.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3BLXjcmBmKpyR2S
Qualtrics Survey | Social Media Platform Migration Survey

The purpose of this research is to explore the factors that lead to and challenges of leaving and joining social media platforms, including federated social media. This research will help us to understand how socio-technical infrastructures are regenerated and remain resilient from influxes of newcomers, in order to inform better designs and processes.

Show threadThomas H Jones II
@cfiesler @bkeegan @MattNicholson @blakeley Isn't a self-selecting survey likely to yield unreliable results?
May 26, 2023 at 4:32amMastodon for Android
Show threadBrian C. Keegan, Ph.D.May 26, 2023

@ferricoxide @cfiesler @MattNicholson @blakeley We’re only trying to draw inferences about our respondents.

Randomized online survey sampling for externally valid inferences is really hard. https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/methodology/collecting-survey-data/internet-surveys/

Doing it in a federated architecture will be even harder—but we have to start somewhere!

Internet Surveys

The number of surveys being conducted over the internet has increased dramatically in the last 10 years, driven by a dramatic rise in internet penetration and the relatively low cost of conducting web surveys in comparison with other methods. Web surveys have a number of advantages over other modes of interview. They are convenient for […]

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Show threadDr. Casey FieslerMay 26, 2023
@bkeegan @ferricoxide @MattNicholson @blakeley Also literally any research conducted with consent has selection bias. :)