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.
Yeah some kind of automotive/motorsports/powersports community would be nice. It’s my area of expertise and I enjoy sharing knowledge and helping others; but I’ve also seen how those communities turn toxic with the quickness. I wouldn’t want any part in trying to moderate that.
Every community that’s passionate about something has these issues, but with vehicles there’s an extra layer I think as they are often seen as extensions of ones physical self and ego, consciously or not, so enthusiasts can take criticism of their vehicle very personally. Also you practically have to be an engineer to fully understand everything going on in a car, so misinformation abound, mostly due to games of telephone from some necessary simplification of a concept somewhere.