Beehaw's Demographics survey of June 2023! (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Lionir@beehaw.org to c/support@beehaw.org

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Compiling this data was not as hard as I expected, let's go through the data and the shiny graphs!

Age of Beeple

Most are above 24! Seems we got an older average age compared to a lot of social media. It would be interesting to see how many came here with experiences from independent forums before Reddit.

Where Beeple reside

This one's a big graph. Though we can notice most people are from the US. Would be nice to see more countries represented though a big part of it likely has to do with language. (You will need to open the big graph in another tab, it's too big to show properly.)

Gender identity of Beeple

So, as expected, mostly men. However, less than expected which is nice to see. There should be outreach to at least equalize this.

Sexual orientation of Beeple

This is kinda surprising. It seems we managed to get a lot more LGBTQ+ people than expected considering most of you all come from Reddit - so this is nice to see. This is most likely because of our focus on a safe space.

Whiteness of Beeple

As expected, mostly white which is unfortunate. I think there's outreach to be done in that regard as well.

Neurodivergence of Beeple

We seem to have a really surprising amount of neurodivergent people! Definitely nice to see.

Beeple with disabilities

I.. have no idea how to interpret this data so I'll just say, shiny graph.

Beeple's awareness of the Fediverse

Most knew about the fediverse but still a good 20% had not heard about it so glad to see you all managed to find your way here!

How Beeple have been dealing with Beehaw

It seems most people feel relatively confident in their ability to use Beehaw and most people seem to enjoy it. That makes me really happy to see. Feels rewarding, feels good.

Conclusion

I wanna thank everyone for the feedback about the survey and its questions - we'll do better next time! I'm glad we did this survey because it shows the areas to work on in terms of outreach! Thank you all for your participation!

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[-] goryramsy@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

As expected, mostly white which is unfortunate.

Well, as the graph shows before, it's also mostly U.S-based. Those are really good diversity numbers if you factor that into mind. Like, way better than expected.

[-] HeapOfDogs@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

My only feedback is the words choices here were, unfortunate. It comes across as the author found undesired demographics which felt not inclusive.

In my opinion this is not being nice.

I am a minority in some parts of the graph and a majority in others. Reading this left my feeling I wasn't welcome here which I have felt ever day before reading this post.

[-] interolivary@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

Which part specifically made you feel not welcome?

[-] wet_lettuce@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

The part where he says it's "mostly white people which is unfortunate" was an odd thing to say.

Doesn't make white people feel very welcome I'd imagine.

[-] wet_lettuce@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

The part where he says it's "mostly white people which is unfortunate" was an odd thing to say.

Doesn't make white people feel very welcome I'd imagine.

[-] Kindajustlikewhat@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I just want to pipe in and and say thank you for caring about diversity. Lots of discourse here about how that's hostile to white people. In my opinion purposefully misinterpreting "unfortunate" to mean "white people not welcome" is a perfect representation of why WHY diversity matters.

Because as a POC it's clear to me that there are valid reasons why a white-dominated community can be... Uncomfortable. Like the very comments here that push back and pretend that race isn't a issue and that POC are racist ones for caring about it. Not bothering at all to understand where it's coming from and why it matters.

Edit: I didn't write this at first but I can't bite my tongue anymore. White people who get hositle over this have suffered from main character syndrome for way too long. You feel unwelcome because some online community simply wants more diversity? Why is it that in your mind one more POC means one less white person? Speaks more about your world view than anything else.

I've felt unwelcome my entire life because people resent my intrusion into their white bubbles. The whole point of Beehaw is that it's inclusive. I'm a snowflake who wants her safe space.

[-] alyaza@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In my opinion purposefully misinterpreting “unfortunate” to mean “white people not welcome” is a perfect representation of why WHY diversity matters.

it's a good indicator we are going to continue to ask that question on the survey forever, for what that's worth. very clearly a "the beatings will continue until morale improves" question because oh god, some of the responses here

[-] Kindajustlikewhat@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

I'm so glad that the mods aren't getting steamrolled into submission. I was having a bad mental health day today and some of these comments really bothered me. Immediately my reddit-trained mind was like, oh, you dumbass snowflake. Touch grass.

But then I was like, fuck, the whole reason I'm on Beehaw is because it's supposed to be different here. Thanks for continuously affirming my belief in it 👍

[-] Gaywallet@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

To be clear, we're also aware that repeatedly being exposed to this kind of conversation can be demoralizing as well. I watched this happen on another website where the just asking questions crew would show up in every goddamn thread about every identity that wasn't ciswhitemale. I remember a specific thread asking for women to talk about what's hard for them, which was both dominated by male voices before any women showed up and then when women actually talked about the problems they experienced (and deeply couched their language, I might add), they were met with an endless line of men insisting "that's not me".

So to be absolutely clear, we value your voice and we don't want to lose the community we've built here either. If this is ever frustrating to see, please vent about it. I can't promise I'll be perfect, but I'm trying my best to avoid tone policing (I've already screwed this up a few times, and I apologize deeply to anyone I scared away), especially on issues which directly effect or marginalize your experience. I think it helps a lot to have such a diverse set of responses, because often people are unaware how deeply frustrating and exhausting fragility and managing other's emotional state can be, especially when you are on the receiving end of marginalization.