Why are people who make questionnaires so bad at making questionnaires? It’s baffling. This is particularly glaring but I always find stupid errors or assumptions like this.
Forced to lie on a questionnaire
Submitted 1 day ago by TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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tias@discuss.tchncs.de 16 hours ago
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 15 hours ago
Where i live, none of the forms to apply for a flat ask only allowed questions. The respective agency even provides a summary, what questions are not allowed (like gender, religion) because discrimination potenzial but all ask at least two of them.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Bias. Good 'ol plain bias.
Unless you’re very self-aware, one requires actual training and practiced mindfulness to break free from that in all endeavors. There’s also some lack-of-the-outside-world going on too - one would need to have at least thought about world experiences apart from one’s own, to consider alternative possibilities.
icedterminal@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
By not having “None of the above” or an “Other” allowing you to fill in the blank, instantly discards this data as viable. which makes this question pointless to even answer, let alone ask.
EstonianGuy@lemm.ee 19 hours ago
I think they shot themselves in the foot, one thing thats worse than no data is weong data. And they are forcing people to produce wrong data.
13igTyme@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Choose every option.
jerkface@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
Hey, look, all the sites I specifically avoid, plus Pinterest which just happens to get avoided.
victorz@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Pinterest… I got a Pinterest account because my wife recommended it after I asked what it was.
I got it. Very uninteresting. I see one image of like, lingerie or something, so I’m a heterosexual dude and I click that shit, think to myself, hey that’s sexy, maybe my wife will look good in that.
Kid you not, my feed was nothing but lingerie and sexy stuff after that, and women’s clothing. And there was seemingly no way to reset my algorithm or delete my view history or anything. I wanted to see stuff from my interests, like art, skateboarding, gaming, sports, computing, technology, what have you. But my feed was ruined forever.
My bad, I guess. 🤷♂️
prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
“Please poison my data”
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 19 hours ago
Didn’t even have Reddit lmao
mriswith@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
They sabotaged themselves by squashing popular votes with an algorithm, so a large amount of people don’t realize how many users it has. You can go look at recent popular tweets and see 200k reactions, meanwhile the top posts on reddit show 10-30k votes, despite having 10-50x times as many behind the scenes.
Wispy2891@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
how the hell someone can use pinterest for more than one hour a week? Just accidentally browse it when trying to search an image on the web and curse the ux team to have hidden the download button in a way that you click the image and brings you in a completely unrelated site with 10000 images except the one you wanted
Ghost@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
If you’re a visual artist it’s great for finding reference and inspiration material. When I’m not sure exactly what I want to draw I’ll usually scroll Pinterest for a bit, find something that gives me an idea, then use Pinterest again to source reference material for said idea. So if I’m really in the mood to draw I can definitely rack up a couple hours in Pinterest a week.
Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
Before they went all out nuclear with ads, promoted content, shops, and AI slop, I was using Pinterest a shit ton to look at fanart and memes (mostly stolen/reposted art, but real human art at least). I’d be on there for an hour or so every other day tbh, I liked making boards of my fixations and shit.
Then the app went to hell a few years back and I ditched it, because the web version sucks, and I didn’t know about LibRedirect instances. Now I just don’t bother with the place anymore.
Zacryon@feddit.org 13 hours ago
Collecting cute images of fruit bats and wolves.
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Pinterest. They’re like half of google results.
Phen@lemmy.eco.br 1 day ago
And I never understood how to use it. If I click on a Google result from Pinterest I’m always taken to something completely different.
tibi@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I seriously don’t understand why anyone would use it. It’s basically a platform that copies images from the internet and lets you bookmark them. Something browsers had since the 90s. Or you could just download the pictures to a folder, so you can see all the thumbnails.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Not with -pinterest
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Or maybe google shouldn’t include spam in its results.
tyler@programming.dev 1 day ago
If you use kagi you can just permanently block Pinterest. And any other site you want. Or rank their listings lower.
tyler@programming.dev 1 day ago
If you use kagi you can just permanently block Pinterest. And any other site you want. Or rank their listings lower.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Wow. I can honestly say I spend less than an hour a week on all of those. I wasn’t expecting that.
III@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
I can honestly say I have spent less than an hour in my life on all of those added together. Probably less than 10 minutes. Does that mean I am winning?
milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 18 hours ago
It does, in fact.
P00ptart@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I spend about 10-20 mins on Snapchat a week.
macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Zero on all for me.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
If they don’t count FBMsgr for family/portalTV chat, then I’m under an hour as well.
RBWells@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
What the what? There is no “none of these” choice? In that case I’d check them all. And in the next screen when they ask how many hours for each, put 100 hours for each of them.
And009@lemmynsfw.com 19 hours ago
Who is Pinterest really for?
RBWells@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
No idea. One of my kids likes it, I always block Pinterest results on searches once I figured out how, because I can’t stand that site.
Scorbunny@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Mostly just older moms and people into arts and crafts. My mom used it for a while and i would get some fairly outdated memes from Pinterest. She and Dad mostly just use Facebook nowdays though.
zerofk@lemm.ee 13 hours ago
There are 168 hours in a week. Why not use them all?
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 20 hours ago
Put 0 hours for each of them
PunnyName@lemmy.world 1 day ago
All they need to do is put YouTube on there for a more meaningful survey.
Soggy@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
I hate that “social media” is such a broad umbrella term. It totally lacks useful context. “Social networking site” is great, straightforward and descriptive. But “social media” encompasses every way we communicate with each other except for “traditional media” which got grandfathered through. BBS predates the internet!
All that to say: YouTube is, for many, a public-access TV station and I’m too young to be this mad about it.
LordWiggle@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Would be my only answer, unless Lemmy is there too.
macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Still would be zero for me.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 20 hours ago
Touching grass I see
FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 9 hours ago
Oh man I’m taking research class this is non exhaustive because there are gaps in the survey such as a lack of other or none and there’s a second criteria I can’t remember
I really hope my professor doesn’t have lemmy
ComradeMiao@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
They don’t
FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 8 hours ago
You might be on to something here
zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Think of it as giving them bad data.
pipes@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I’m exclusively on Pinterest 100hours/week. (I forgot to close the tab with the image search for cool origami)
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
What’s the coolest origami you’ve ever made? Never tried it but it seems fun.
scarabic@lemmy.world 1 day ago
No one will like hearing this answer but they may already underrated the issue of it being bad data and have a good reason not to care.
Here’s the thing. When “none” or “skip” is there, people gravitate toward it. You end up getting 75% of people saying “none” for every question, and then your entire survey is meaningless. I hate surveys too. Everyone hates them. All the more reason to just mash “skip” or “none.” Because fuck you and fuck your survey.
Meanwhile, what % of people don’t touch any of these social networks? Maybe we can’t say for sure, but it’s way less than 75%.
So you’re choosing between two possible sources of bad data, and choosing the one you know to be of lower magnitude.
superkret@feddit.org 1 day ago
Then provide an “other” option with a text box instead.
Make entering some text mandatory if you click it.
No one gravitates toward that.
Besides, a “none” option can just be discarded when you analyze the data.
If all your boxes are social media sites, you have no idea which ones are poisoned by bad data, and by how much.
Lanske@lemmy.world 1 day ago
None of the above?
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
closes questionnaire
Kolanaki@pawb.social 19 hours ago
Lol tell them you use Pinterest.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 14 hours ago
i still don’t understand what the point of that site is, is it literally just made-up SEO spam that they managed to convince people is even slightly organic?
Kolanaki@pawb.social 13 hours ago
Pinterest? I’ve only touched it a few times to see what it was and it’s basically just Instagram, but instead of duck lips, misspelled names on coffee cups, and pictures of food it’s mainly focused on hobbies/crafts.
AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I would get discord, youtube, lemmy, and reddit
I try to avoid new platforms tho bc I don’t trust myself not to get addicted and social media already takes up too much of my time
Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 22 hours ago
I don’t use any of those. Quit Facebook 10 years ago and never really used the others. I just got booted (the account was literally vapourized)off of Reddit after 9 yrs today. Posted a pic of a hat that said is he dead yet. No text just the pic. I don’t care anymore really as once Reddit went on the stock market it was all over anyhoo.
silasmariner@programming.dev 17 hours ago
You’re… You’re on Lemmy now? How can you claim not to use ‘any of those’ when you’re posting on one of those?
viking@infosec.pub 19 hours ago
Why bother taking the survey then, or is it somehow mandatory?
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 23 hours ago
I’d just abandon it if I couldn’t answer a question or it was too involved (like a free text box answer).
AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 17 hours ago
The questionaire is kinda badly made but also i would choose snapchat because for some reason everyone i know uses it.
flango@lemmy.eco.br 1 day ago
Select all
N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Choose at least one option? I don’t use any of those platforms. My only social media is Lemmy and Reddit.
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 20 hours ago
Lemmy
grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 22 hours ago
Lemmy, Sharkey, and YouTube for me. I’m on Facebook, but less than an hour a week. A friend posts a weekly “how’s everyone doing?” post and I usually comment on that.
Illegalmexicant@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m a middle aged guy, so I only use Snapchat. Because me and my friends have children and no free time so that’s how we keep in touch and share our lives.
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Can I participate in this survey?
TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 23 hours ago
Snapchat for only texting other people
Instagram for memes & some minor ““celebrities”” (YouTubers and some trans folk that give tips)
Pinterest for outfits/tattoo designs/etc. I get memes from there and post to 196 sometimes.
discord for uhhhh… discord stuff, idk. I scroll meme channels sometimes. and sometimes chat
YouTube for 99% of my online things. Unhealthy AF addition
Lemmy for more memes and news (not the best practice tbh) I mainly use just bc I want to support the fediverse and it’s better than scrolling reposted Instagram reels
I don’t use any twitter/bsky/threads/mastodon type platform, I just don’t mesh with the type I guess. It’s just short political stuff that’s depressing and memes which I get from literally everywhere else 🤷♀️
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 20 hours ago
Username checks out?
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s objectively poor survey design. For questions like that there should always be an ‘Other’ option. There should also be a ‘None’ or ‘N/A’ option.
bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Agreed, the only way this would be acceptable if this was in an application for a Social Media manager position?
TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
I complained in the “other” box that they did include for a different question lol
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
And yet, I think most people are checking all those boxes, unfortunately. Pray for their mental health! 😵
NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 1 day ago
I was thinking the same thing. But if this was a survey specifically for social media, there wouldn’t be a N/A option except at the beginning to make you not have to continue further and waste your time and theirs. (Survey for getting users’ input on social media use, etc.)
But definitely agreed on other. There are so many social media sites out there.
Genius@lemmy.zip 21 hours ago
There’s way more social media than these options. Where’s?
Reddit
4chan
Lemmy
Mastodon
Bluesky
Forums
Discord
YouTube
Patreon
Medium
Steam
Whatsapp
Pornhub
VRchat
Some of these are very very popular. Asking people their social media habits, and preventing people on most social media from answering, will produce garbage biased data. I hope this study fails peer review and the PhD student responsible flunks.