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 thatiany.nunes01@gmail.com 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

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!

  • V0lD@lemmy.world
    27·
    10 months ago

    I feel like this questionnaire is missing one rather obvious path:

    I’m not using Lemmy because I prefer it over Reddit in any way. It has more technical problems, it lacks the niche communities that Reddit is famous for, the community is more toxic and rather extremists, and it is a splintered mess

    However,

    It’s not really a matter of choice. I simply can’t browse Reddit on mobile anymore. I’m not blind or anything, but the official app is simply not useable at all. Even the FOSS POS apps of Lemmy are better, and that’s saying something

    It’s not a matter of preference. It’s a matter of necessity

  • athos77@kbin.social
    252·
    10 months ago

    Responded!

    Have you noticed an increase in Lemmy usage since the Reddit migration?

    This probably needs an option for “not applicable”. If someone came in with the migration, it’s hard for them to compare with the Before Times that they weren’t here for. (I had to choose ‘not sure’.)

    Answering questions you didn’t ask:

    1. Did I move from reddit exclusively to Lemmy? No; I’m getting some of my tech needs from ycombinator, meme content from imgur, and I’m also on tildes.

    2. How does your frequency and type of interaction (post, comment, read) on Lemmy compare to your time on reddit? I’m slightly less active on Lemmy than I was on reddit, mostly because some effort is sucked onto yc, imgur and tildes. Anecdotally, I know some people who are less active here because they’re finding less content to interact with; as well as people who are much more active here, because the communities aren’t overrun with bots, trolls, shills, and other people acting in bad faith.

    • radix@lemm.ee
      5·
      10 months ago

      Yeah, I hit “not sure” as well. Maybe this could be mitigated with a reminder within the"have you noticed an increase" question that questions are optional. Or, if you have a way to ignore responses to this question based on responses to “were you here before the migration”, just do that.

  • FireTower@lemmy.world
    191·
    10 months ago

    Done

    The biggest strength and weakness to Lemmy IMO is the lack of content. I doom scroll less but for most niche communities I can’t reliably assume that someone else has already made an answered post with a question I might have.

    For example if I wanted the answer to a technical question like “What height scope ring do I need to mount a scope to an AR-10 rifle?” I can’t find any posts with that answer here, but there’s a bunch of posts on the specific topic on Reddit.

    (Before someone answers the example question it’s usually the tallest or second tallest ones the manufacturer makes. >1.5in)

  • edric@lemm.ee
    10·
    10 months ago

    I hope you can share back here the results of your study once it’s done. Good luck!

  • immortaly007@feddit.nl
    7·
    10 months ago

    I have also completed the survey. I think it would also be interesting to see how permanently people left reddit.

    For example, I was Lemmy exclusive for a while, but started missing discussions on more niche subjects (aquarium and shrimp keeping, audiophile equipment), and have since gone back to reddit sometimes. But I also think many people that were part of the migration completely deleted their accounts.

    • English Mobster@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      10 months ago

      I split my time like so:

      • Kbin.social: 35%

      • Lemmy: 55%

      • Reddit: 10%

      I prefer Kbin the most, but Ernest has been slow to update the main site and the mobile API is missing (meaning it’s quite bad on mobile, even with the PWA).

      Sync works great with Lemmy, so on mobile I use Sync (hello from my phone).

      Historically, I’ve used Relay for Reddit for many years at this point. Relay is the one third-party app that didn’t leave. So far, I haven’t had to pay anything either, and nothing has broken.

      While my Reddit usage is down, I still occasionally go on Reddit both in my browser and via Relay (while it still works). I usually go to Reddit for the WorldNews live threads and to check the Baldur’s Gate 3 subreddit.

      I do find myself missing out on news I would otherwise have known about. I don’t see dev diaries for Paradox Interactive games here on Lemmy/Kbin, for example. This makes me surprised when a patch comes out (since I don’t see the dev diaries in my feed). Likewise, there are other niche things that I only find out about way later than I used to, and that kind of makes me miss Reddit.

      I also find myself engaging more with other social media. I watch a lot more YouTube and TikTok. My Google Pixel has a “for you” article feed as part of the launcher itself; I used to ignore that but find myself browsing it now. I play more games on my phone than I used to.

      It’s sort of plugged the hole, but not really. Even when I’m on Reddit nowadays it’s simply not the same.

  • rastilin@kbin.social
    7·
    10 months ago

    I was filling it out, but I have to ask, “What about Kbin”. There are several different interfaces that all communicate on this protocol. So I’m on asklemmy, but technically I’m not a Lemmy use, I’m a Kbin user, does that count as “Lemmy” for your study?

  • Skwiggs@programming.dev
    6·
    10 months ago

    Filled it out, nice initiative 🙌 I was wondering if it would have made sense to include questions about mobile apps, as I barely use the web version of lemmy. I’m on Mlem but have tried a few others (Voyager, Memmy). I mostly just wish we had an Apollo for Lemmy though 🫠

    • Doll_Tow_Jet-ski@kbin.social
      11·
      10 months ago

      Same here. I’m on Kbin so you’ll have to replace all instances of Lemmy with Kbin to make sense of some answers