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hello folks!

with our backlog cleared and many new people around, now's a good time to do our first-ever Beehaw Community Survey--the first of what will likely be(e) many to come. this survey should take no more than 5 or 10 minutes to fill out, so we strongly encourage you to do so when you are able to. you can find it at the following link:

Beehaw Community Survey


the survey is comprised of seven optional demographic questions to help us assess the overall identity of our community and three questions relating to Beehaw and the Fediverse. it also asks you about 17 possible communities we are considering and whether you would actively participate in them if made.

the survey will be open for approximately a week. we'll definitely close it before July 1, so please get your responses in before that date. it'll also be locally pinned for at least the next three days or so, so please mind that. thanks!


results will also be aggregated and posted on here in a summary sometime thereafter. no ETA on that though.

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[–] marco@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

I've done my civic duties, surveyed and donated 🌠

[–] wildeaboutoskar@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

Nice survey!

Personally I'd like there to be more bee puns in the community names, but that's just bee

... I'll see myself out.

[–] Nugget@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Great survey, I'm excited about some of the community options. I would love something akin to r/BuyItForLife - a genuine place to find products based on the feedback of real people. In particular, low waste products (maybe that fits in the sustainability category?)

[–] realChem@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

If sustainability gets made I would imagine posts like that would be welcome there! Consuming less is definitely related to sustainability, and buying one higher quality thing instead of many copies of a cheap thing certainly aligns with that goal! ☺

[–] koezie@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Done! Also, just throwing out a couple suggestions for communities for possible future installment:

  • Style (clothing/shoes/makeup/skincare/etc)
  • Collectibles or Hobbies (toys/cards/pins/plushies/etc)
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[–] xektor17@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

DΓ­melo, boricua! βœŒοΈπŸ‡΅πŸ‡·

[–] lumarius@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I would be interested in a vegan & vegetarian community, but since vegetarian is a superset of a vegan diet, the combination would make the community effectively vegetarian. One of my favourite communities on reddit was r/vegan, where the discussions were usually much broader than just food-related, and on the other hand there was no need to look through delicious-looking food pictures to find out they were not vegan when looking for food. Hence, I would appreciate a specifically vegan community even more.

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[–] Lost_Wanderer@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] khit@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is great!

Question: is the last question (page 4) asking what communities you’d be interested in moderating or just posting to regularly? Looks like the first sentence was cut-off so I wasn’t sure.

[–] Lionir@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

Posting, not sure why it looks cut off to you..

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[–] vkeycaps@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Would be nice to have a community about diy and crafts

[–] Lionir@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You mean like c/creative and c/diy?..

[–] vkeycaps@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes. Or something more specific, like r/clay or ResinCasting.
Edit: But I might need to search for them before making this kind of suggestion

[–] molls@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is a great idea! One of the online communities I’m in does an annual census and having data to analyze community change over time has been really valuable and interesting.

I do have a question/suggestion though: if the camping/hiking community is established, could it be encompassing of outdoor recreation in general? I ski in the winter and hike/camp in the summer and find generally that people who do one often do other outdoor activities (snowshoeing, biking, kayaking, etc) throughout the seasons. Including winter-based outdoor activities will also help keep engagement up throughout the year.

[–] alyaza@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

I do have a question/suggestion though: if the camping/hiking community is established, could it be encompassing of outdoor recreation in general?

we'd interpret it that way, yes. obviously there's a bit of a limit to how descriptive we can be with each community on the survey before it all becomes noise

[–] aka_oscar@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Chile doesn't seem to be an option when choosing a country.

[–] Lionir@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

Fixed! Thank you for the report!

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[–] kbyanyname@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Done! Thanks for your hard work here!

[–] 60winks@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

All done! Have a lovely weekend Beehaw!!

[–] crank@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Seeing the list of potential new communities is useful. I had a hard time even clicking on even one option and it was a bit of a stretch. I probably wouldnt realistically participate in any of them, they do not suit me. So it is more to know about the instance.

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