Stefanie KoglerDec 16, 2024

Mastodon #research 🚀

I’m working on my master’s thesis at the University of Vienna, and I’d love your input! My research focuses on sustaining long-term user activity on Mastodon, contributing to a more active Fediverse. If you have a few minutes, please take my short survey:
👉 https://sosci.univie.ac.at/MastodonActivity/

Your thoughts will contribute to meaningful research. Feel free to boost this post so we can reach as many users as possible. Thank you so much! 🙌

#Mastodon #Survey #FediverseResearch

Questionnaire | page 1

Show threadJakob (Jack/Jackie)Dec 17, 2024
@stefko Hi! Thank you for your research.
I'd like to see an option "not relevant" or "can't answer" for some of the questions (like how well I like the rules or moderation of my instance). I commented this as well but I have the feeling that my answers (and those of other instance admins/moderators/owners) might skew the results if not handled separately ^^'
Show threadStefanie KoglerDec 17, 2024

@jakob Hi Jakob! 😊 I totally understand your concern, and I’ve already received similar feedback. I’m currently discussing this with my supervisor to find a solution. Changing the survey at this point is tricky because it could impact the results.

I’ll definitely keep this in mind when analysing the data—thank you for bringing it up!

Show threadJoseph Fowler / JiFish 

@stefko @jakob I had the same problem, and I eventually decided against completing it because so many of the questions assumed I wasn't using my own instance.

The reason I am on my own instance _might_ be relevant to your questions though. I didn't like how casually admins would threaten or actually defederate from other instances over minor infractions (or perceived future problems) and wanted to take control of that processes.

Dec 18, 2024 at 10:58amWeb
Show threadJoseph Fowler / JiFish Dec 18, 2024
@stefko @jakob A specific example is the number of instances that are already planning to defederate from Tumblr, when they aren't even federated yet.
Show threadStefanie KoglerDec 18, 2024
@joe @jakob Yes, that makes sense to me. I’ve already addressed the issue with single-user instances, admins, and moderators by adding another filter question. Thank you for pointing it out!