Posted by Lou Pilder on November 8, 2008, at 16:55:48
In reply to Re: Research project, posted by wishingstar on November 8, 2008, at 11:51:59
> For me, and I think many others here, this really will effect the trust and safety I think I'll feel on this site and with posters here. I think you need to take this into consideration as a major extraneous factor that will be affecting your results. I dont know if everyone will respond to these new posters the same way we would typically respond to a new poster or anyone on this board now that this research has been mentioned. As the person above said, if I see a brand new poster, I'm automatically going to be hesitant and feel unsure about really opening myself up to that person, either with my own "stuff" or in response/support to their "stuff", because it may well just be a research subject. While I realize that there research subjects are real people and possibly have emotional issues just as "real" as anyone else on this site, I will wonder about their motivation to be on the site, and whether they plan to hang around or are just here for a specific reason. Where are you drawing these people? Is this freshman psychology students or people drawn from the university counseling center or something else? Is there incentive for them to participate?
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> I feel very uncomfortable with this. I feel that it will likely decrease emotional safety and consequently posting to some degree at a time where babble already seems to be suffering and people already are feeling a little unsteady.
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> But perhaps all that is exactly what you're studying. Unfortunately, all of us already here are real people with real emotions mixed into babble and what happened here as well. I have a graduate degree in psychological research myself so I'm quite familiar with how all this works, but I hate to feel that something like this is being sacrificed in the name of research.Friends,
It is written here,[...this will effect the trust and safety...]
I ask: How would the fact that the participants in question are here for the same reasons as the existing members effect the trust and safety? If anyone can respond to my question, I wouldd appreciate it.
Lou
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