Have you been in fandom for a long time? Help us out with our research!

knitmeapony:

cfiesler:

Have you been part of fandom for at least ten years (even non-consecutively)?

We’re Casey Fiesler and Brianna Dym, longtime fan community members, and also researchers in the Department of Information Science at University of Colorado Boulder. We’re conducting a survey about how fan communities migrate across platforms! So if you’ve used multiple platforms in that time (Livejournal, Tumblr, AO3, Usenet…), we would love to have you participate!

The survey is a mix of multiple choice and open answer, and you can answer as much or as little as you like. The survey should take on average about 15 to 20 minutes to complete. (There will be more questions depending on how many platforms you’ve used, though you can skip through questions if necessary.)

We will ask for some demographics (any of which you can skip) so that we can describe how fan communities are different from other communities, but won’t require any identifying information – unless you would like to give us your email address so we can inform you about the results of the study.

Whether you participate or not, please consider sharing this survey with your social networks!  And if you’d like to find out more about Casey’s previous research about fandom, see this Tumblr post: http://cfiesler.tumblr.com/post/139029976190/an-archive-of-their-own-a-case-study-of-feminist

Click here to take the survey! And please reblog!

If you have any questions at all, please contact Casey at casey.fiesler@colorado.edu.

I can personally vouch for @cfiesler being an all around rad human, if you haven’t already seen some of her research and stuff, and y’all should consider doing the thing if you’re old as shit like me.

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Age: 26
Where I’m from: Born and raised in Toledo, Ohio, currently in Columbus, Ohio.
Where I would like to live: I like where I live at the moment. I would love to visit the NW United States someday. I also would like to spend some time abroad.
Favourite food: Spaghetti.
Religion: Agnostic
Sexual orientation: Bisexual
Single/taken: Taken.
Favourite book: Harry Potter
Favourite movie: When Harry Met Sally
Favourite TV show: The Office
Favourite colour: Purple
If I have any pets: Not currently. Unless you count my boyfriend?
What I’m listening to right now: YouTube watch later list. Currently it’s on a Let’s Play video of Minecraft.
What’s my ringtone: My phone is ALWAYS ON VIBRATE. #ohhhhmyyyy
What my name means: First: defender of mankind, second: of the sea, last: oat farmer/merchant. I am an OATMEAL MERMAID WARRIOR. This is also why my name on twitter is Alexandra Oatsmith, because that would have been an awesome pseudonym.
Favourite superhero: I’ve never really been into superheroes that much! Um……. Spider-man?
Celebrity crush: Chris Hemsworth