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Questionnaire
luhlian
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Hi! I'm a student at the University of Michigan and I'm researching the effects of community and group conversation on personal success and morale.
Listed below are a group of questions- please answer as many as you feel comfortable!
*Note: No identifying information will be used in this research, only the content of your responses will be recorded!
1. How often do you post in MFP?
2. Who do you imagine yourself writing to when you post/ what kind of expectations do you have when posting?
3. How often do you comment in MFP?
4. What kind of post are you most likely to respond to?
5. Which board do you visit most frequently?
6. How strong is your connection with other MFP users?
7. How has MFP impacted your weight loss/healthy journey?
8. How comfortable would you feel posting images of yourself and/or your progress?
9. How well do you get alone with MFP members?
10. What kind of effects do other MFP users have on your mentality and your actions?
11. How do you utilize groups (are you a passive or active member)?
12. Would you feel more comfortable if MFP users were protected by anonymity?
13. How does the sensitivity of a topic affect your willingness to share your own information? (i.e. weight, measurements, BMI)
14. Have you encountered any negative commenters/posters. If so, how has this affected your morale (if any)?
If you have any other thoughts about the Community sector/ user conversations, please include that as well!
Thank you!
Listed below are a group of questions- please answer as many as you feel comfortable!
*Note: No identifying information will be used in this research, only the content of your responses will be recorded!
1. How often do you post in MFP?
2. Who do you imagine yourself writing to when you post/ what kind of expectations do you have when posting?
3. How often do you comment in MFP?
4. What kind of post are you most likely to respond to?
5. Which board do you visit most frequently?
6. How strong is your connection with other MFP users?
7. How has MFP impacted your weight loss/healthy journey?
8. How comfortable would you feel posting images of yourself and/or your progress?
9. How well do you get alone with MFP members?
10. What kind of effects do other MFP users have on your mentality and your actions?
11. How do you utilize groups (are you a passive or active member)?
12. Would you feel more comfortable if MFP users were protected by anonymity?
13. How does the sensitivity of a topic affect your willingness to share your own information? (i.e. weight, measurements, BMI)
14. Have you encountered any negative commenters/posters. If so, how has this affected your morale (if any)?
If you have any other thoughts about the Community sector/ user conversations, please include that as well!
Thank you!
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Hi! I'm a student at the University of Michigan and I'm researching the effects of community and group conversation on personal success and morale.
Listed below are a group of questions- please answer as many as you feel comfortable!
*Note: No identifying information will be used in this research, only the content of your responses will be recorded!
1. How often do you post in MFP?
2. Who do you imagine yourself writing to when you post/ what kind of expectations do you have when posting?
3. How often do you comment in MFP?
4. What kind of post are you most likely to respond to?
5. Which board do you visit most frequently?
6. How strong is your connection with other MFP users?
7. How has MFP impacted your weight loss/healthy journey?
8. How comfortable would you feel posting images of yourself and/or your progress?
9. How well do you get alone with MFP members?
10. What kind of effects do other MFP users have on your mentality and your actions?
11. How do you utilize groups (are you a passive or active member)?
12. Would you feel more comfortable if MFP users were protected by anonymity?
13. How does the sensitivity of a topic affect your willingness to share your own information? (i.e. weight, measurements, BMI)
14. Have you encountered any negative commenters/posters. If so, how has this affected your morale (if any)?
If you have any other thoughts about the Community sector/ user conversations, please include that as well!
Thank you!
1. once in a while I'll post a success story. I'll comment a few times a week on other posts. I'm mostly a lurker
2. I'm writing to people with similar goals and issues I have
3. a few times a week, mostly when I'm bored
4. success stories or anything about low carb
5. success stories
6. A few people have requested me as a friend and I have messaged back and forth a few times with some of them
7. The before and after pictures help me a lot
8. I haven't posted any pictures but I have shared a couple success stories because I feel people here know where I'm coming from opposed to friends and family that aren't "dieting"
9. I haven't had issues with anyone
10. When they have success it encourages me to strive for that success
11. pretty passive
12. I think it is pretty anonomous if you use a different name and no picture
13. I'll will post information here where people are working toward the same goal, but not anywhere else
14. Yes, some people get nasty, but usually I don't say anything and if I do say something, their attitude doesn't effect me because I don't know them and some people are just cyber bullies
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Hi! I'm a student at the University of Michigan and I'm researching the effects of community and group conversation on personal success and morale.
Listed below are a group of questions- please answer as many as you feel comfortable!
*Note: No identifying information will be used in this research, only the content of your responses will be recorded!
1. How often do you post in MFP? 4 times/year
2. Who do you imagine yourself writing to when you post/ what kind of expectations do you have when posting? Peers
3. How often do you comment in MFP? 1 time/week
4. What kind of post are you most likely to respond to? One where someone asks a questions I know that answer to or have advice regarding.
5. Which board do you visit most frequently? my own group pages
6. How strong is your connection with other MFP users? not very strong
7. How has MFP impacted your weight loss/healthy journey? greatly - I attribute MFP role in life to the food log.
8. How comfortable would you feel posting images of yourself and/or your progress? - Not very - I don't often show a picture of myself on here. Even my profile is a photo of a dragonfly I took on the side of my house.
9. How well do you get alone with MFP members? Fine
10. What kind of effects do other MFP users have on your mentality and your actions? Good I hope. I don't post things that would make someone feel bad. More just advice or answers when asked.
11. How do you utilize groups (are you a passive or active member)? In between. I do a lot of "lurking" but weigh in sometimes, too.
12. Would you feel more comfortable if MFP users were protected by anonymity? yes & no. I like to be anonymous, but don't use it like others I've seen on this site to be a complete bully.
13. How does the sensitivity of a topic affect your willingness to share your own information? (i.e. weight, measurements, BMI) I don't have a problem sharing those stats, even if I was more open about sharing my identity.
14. Have you encountered any negative commenters/posters. If so, how has this affected your morale (if any)? Yes. Usually it was seeing negativity/bullying towards someone else. It makes me sad that there are such awful people who take advantage of hiding behind their computer screen to be mean to others.
If you have any other thoughts about the Community sector/ user conversations, please include that as well!
Thank you!
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