Compiling this data was not as hard as I expected, let’s go through the data and the shiny graphs!

Age of Beeple

Most are above 24! Seems we got an older average age compared to a lot of social media. It would be interesting to see how many came here with experiences from independent forums before Reddit.

Where Beeple reside

This one’s a big graph. Though we can notice most people are from the US. Would be nice to see more countries represented though a big part of it likely has to do with language. (You will need to open the big graph in another tab, it’s too big to show properly.)

Gender identity of Beeple

So, as expected, mostly men. However, less than expected which is nice to see. There should be outreach to at least equalize this.

Sexual orientation of Beeple

This is kinda surprising. It seems we managed to get a lot more LGBTQ+ people than expected considering most of you all come from Reddit - so this is nice to see. This is most likely because of our focus on a safe space.

Whiteness of Beeple

As expected, mostly white which is unfortunate. I think there’s outreach to be done in that regard as well.

Neurodivergence of Beeple

We seem to have a really surprising amount of neurodivergent people! Definitely nice to see.

Beeple with disabilities

I… have no idea how to interpret this data so I’ll just say, shiny graph.

Beeple’s awareness of the Fediverse

Most knew about the fediverse but still a good 20% had not heard about it so glad to see you all managed to find your way here!

How Beeple have been dealing with Beehaw

It seems most people feel relatively confident in their ability to use Beehaw and most people seem to enjoy it. That makes me really happy to see. Feels rewarding, feels good.

Conclusion

I wanna thank everyone for the feedback about the survey and its questions - we’ll do better next time! I’m glad we did this survey because it shows the areas to work on in terms of outreach! Thank you all for your participation!

  • liminalDeluge@beehaw.orgEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Can we get a transcript/archived copy of the survey questions? Not the answers people provided, but just what questions were and the answers available to select from. Also an image transcription of the graphs would be helpful; the text in the images is difficult to read on Jerboa.

    I’m curious where the decision to separate nonbinary and genderfluid into different categories came from. In the various queer communities I’m in, genderfluidity is considered to fall under the nonbinary umbrella, so breaking it out as a separate option while not breaking out other nonbinary identities looks a little odd to me.

    I would be interested in knowing the trans/cis demographics as well; if, for all we know, Beehaw has equals numbers of trans men to cis men, this survey wouldn’t reveal that or any other notable proportions.

    I also want to include myself as another person who found the white/non-white question a bit uncomfortable. If it had asked me about being a person of color or some other phrasing, I wouldn’t have blinked, but there is something unpleasant about being asked where I stand in a racial dichotomy as a biracial person. I don’t know a better way to phrase the question that still captures the intent, though.

    • Lionir [he/him]@beehaw.orgOPMEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      The questions were :

      • How old are you?
      • What is your gender identity?
      • What is your sexual orientation?
      • What country do you live in?
      • Do you consider yourself to be white or non-white?
      • Do you consider yourself to be neurodivergent?
      • Do you consider yourself to have a disability? We are intentionally not defining what is or is not a disability; please do not feel like your disability needs to be of a certain severity or scope to answer this one.
      • Have you ever heard of the Fediverse before Beehaw?
      • How confident are you in your ability to use Beehaw?
      • How have you been enjoying your time so far on Beehaw?

      I think I’ll try making a table with the data on docs.beehaw.org to see evolution over time and I wanted to have tables with the data but Lemmy doesn’t have markdown tables it seems.

      I did separate genderfluid and non-binary. In my mind they were separate though I agree it falls under the non-binary umbrella. It’s just I’ve heard genderfluid much more than any other nonbinary identity so it’s the one I thought of adding. Maybe I shouldn’t though.

      Yes, cis/trans is definitely a question we want to add! It’d likely be a separate question because I don’t think I want trans people to have to say “trans woman” when “woman” is there, it kind of implies that one isn’t the other.

      I do wonder if asking the opposite question “Do you consider yourself to be a person of colour?” would really be better… I think I want an excerpt that we are going from a “white as purity” type of thing to make sure that people who are mixed understand. Do you think that would help?

      • Kindajustlikewhat@beehaw.orgEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Off the top of my head I feel like reframing as POC instead of white-identifying would ask the same question, but be less inflammatory to white people who are afraid of the word “white”.

        Tbh though the reality is those who are focusing on the pedantic word instead of the intent are likely looking for a reason to be unhappy… But asking for POC identification is more in line with what I’m used to seeing in diversity reports (admittedly white VS non-white is a bit… Blunt).