Apologies if I missed one that has already been held. But I saw a member census of beehaw, which was really interesting. I’m not suggesting gathering of any personally identifying info, but more generally getting a sense of who is here on kbin.
Apologies if I missed one that has already been held. But I saw a member census of beehaw, which was really interesting. I’m not suggesting gathering of any personally identifying info, but more generally getting a sense of who is here on kbin.
I think they had gender split, country etc. It’d be nice to know if kbin mirrors more of the reddit general membership or if it differs
I think people’s interests/hobbies are much more interesting than there gender/country etc. Like:
I agree. Let’s avoid the standard identity politics categories like gender, sexual orientation, race, blah, blah…
Can I add to your list:
I’m both intrigued and horrified by most of those!
Shirt buttoned from the bottom??
I might have seen enough bean content for one lifetime.
I like the idea of hobbies and interests being a part. Might help see if we have strong potential ‘niche’ communities
A separate magazine for this really might be the way to go. A place for users to introduce themselves and answer various surveys. Or, like I offered below, I could open up /m/namethefediverse to shudder activity that isn’t me.
Might be nice to have a place to introduce and say hi, not sure if I’ve seen a magazine for that purpose yet?
I’d be willing to create one if I could get one or two more people in on modding it. I have zero moderation experience and I tend to burn out on long term projects. With some help I could probably keep at it, though.
Understanding the demographics is quite important context for the interest and hobbies.
For example, in real life I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone express the opinion that it’s acceptable for the general public to own and carry firearms in their day-to-day life, yet you’d see this view upvoted shockingly often on Reddit. Understanding that Reddit has a heavy American skew is important context for the views that get expressed there.
If you asked kbinauts what their favourite foods were and found out that they include kielbasa and kotlet schabowy, it might be helpful to contextualise that with a sense of what proportion of kbinauts are Polish.
The problem is people getting stereotyped based on their nationality etc. There are people in America who support gun rights, while many others support gun control.
People should be grouped based on their beliefs, not which country they are from.
Knowing their demographics doesn’t stereotype them - that’s a weird leap to make.
Knowing that Americans are overepresented on Reddit doesn’t mean you have to assume that all Americans like guns, but statistically that is a population that skews more pro-gun than the average person and so that helps me understand why Reddit also skews more pro-gun.
I’d just personally like to know if there are more Europeans or people from the UK on here. Reddit did skew very American which is absolutely fine, but I’m wondering if a similar demographic migrated here or if certain groups left?
I like this one but this non binary person thinks some representation of gender might be nice. Maybe.
I couldn’t agree more! I already find this place more welcoming than reddit and it got my curious as to why