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I have a hypothesis I want to test. Would you fill out this incredibly short survey? (bit.ly)
almost 8 years ago from Chantal Jandard, Product Designer
47 comments
Chantal Jandard, almost 8 years ago
Thank you! If there are any interesting results, I'll share them afterwards. :)
Robin Raszka, almost 8 years ago (edited almost 8 years ago )
You should share the results :)
Ryan Boye, almost 8 years ago First immediate thought is that these questions seem super leading, and maybe you could try to frame them in a more ambiguous way. Given that your survey is trying to analyze how people interpret messages, it might be interesting to think about how your phrasing will affect the answers you get.
I read the message with no opinion in particular, but your first question immediately frames this person as desperate.
Hey Ryan!
The phrasing is typical of studies in psychology. :) The questions are meant to directly assess attitudes in a quantifiable way, not explore all reactions possible (as with a more ambitious phrasing). See here for more: http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/sommerb/sommerdemo/scaling/attitude.htm
You'll also notice I have opposite adjectives in the questions; which is to balance out the leading-ness.
Ideally, the questions would be in a randomized order, but this wasn't possible for this particular context.
Ryan Boye, almost 8 years ago Oh, that's super cool! Thanks for sharing your reasoning behind it, I look forward to seeing your results :)
For sure! Thanks for your comment. :)
Hi Ryan! Results now available. :) https://medium.com/user-experience-design-1/facebook-and-how-uis-twist-your-words-4ceedc5fd93#.2ijw65hgi
Christian Schuhmann, almost 8 years ago
Yeah, I like my shirt too!
Jack Hallahan, almost 8 years ago
Aw, Alex seems nice. I would go on the date with her/him if I wasn't married.
Very curious about the results, keep us posted!
Hi Jack! Results now available. :) https://medium.com/user-experience-design-1/facebook-and-how-uis-twist-your-words-4ceedc5fd93#.2ijw65hgi
Dan Sherratt, almost 8 years ago
If only I had designernews when I first started dating :(
Blake Rutledge, almost 8 years ago
is it just me.. or would knowing the gender of Alex and other (you?) skew people's responses?
Matthew R. Miller, almost 8 years ago
I imagine that it would, which is interesting. I assume that's why a gender neutral name was used.
Ethan Ellis, almost 8 years ago
Perhaps the survey should of included whether you're male or female. You'd then be able to see if you get a different set of results. I think most men would assume Alex to be a man while woman might give a more mixed answer.
Gonçalo Morais, almost 8 years ago
I assumed it was a guy, because… well, that looks like a message I would write. Without the ‘lol’, though
Andrew Zimmerman, almost 8 years ago
Using the word "killer" seemed a very male thing to me.
I've never had a woman send me an email similar to the example either which further reinforced my assumption Alex was male.
TLDR: previous real world experience skewed my impression about Alex's gender.
Joey Grillo, almost 8 years ago (edited almost 8 years ago )
This is a really awesome test to run! Confidence vs desperation is something that may be skewed by the maturity of the receiver of the message. Maybe next time collect info about the person filling out the survey? I would love to see the results.
Good call Joseph! I considered collecting demographic info, but didn't think I'd get enough responses to make any meaningful connections... I made a wrong assumption there, oops.
No worries mate! There is always a next time.
Andy Merskin, almost 8 years ago
I completely agree. I'm 26 now and thought the message was very reasonable and friendly. 10 years ago, I may have interpreted it as something completely different. Our perceptions of messages like these are heavily influenced by the people in our lives, whether they're friendly, too friendly, or plain toxic when it comes to neediness or wanting to spend time. That's just one perception factor of likely dozens.
Hi Joey! Results now available. :) https://medium.com/user-experience-design-1/facebook-and-how-uis-twist-your-words-4ceedc5fd93#.2ijw65hgi
Awesome write up! Research skills are strong with this one ^
Tyler Cecchi, almost 8 years ago (edited almost 8 years ago ) Time stamps on the messages would be incredibly helpful in analyzing this accurately.
Ramzi Shatara, almost 8 years ago
Give me your number and we'll discuss my answers over a cup of joe.
David Sawyer, almost 8 years ago
How's the view from the coffee shop?
I really enjoyed this. I've always found perceptions around asynchronous and text-based communications to be very fascinating. When SMS was the hot new thing when I was in high school, it had pretty drastic effects on my dating relationship (good and bad), and my friendships. And of course, introduces another plane of opportunity for starting relationships, like in this case.
Rahim Adatia, almost 8 years ago This is pretty insightful! The one thing I would also comment on is the nature of text messaging -- since the messages may come in all at once, or spread out over a couple minutes the effect can also change.
Jeremy Treuden, almost 8 years ago
Maybe this was your intent, but it might help to identify if Alex is either male or female, and whether the people taking the survey, themselves, are male or female. Gender may play a big role in how these messages are received / analyzed. And, for the sake of the data, it might be important to know how each gender responds (whether that is similarly or differently). Just a thought! But then again, it may have been your point to keep everything gender neutral.
Alex Kadis, almost 8 years ago My name is Alex. Does that make me biased?
Curious to see the results of the survey.
Hi Alex! Results now available. :) https://medium.com/user-experience-design-1/facebook-and-how-uis-twist-your-words-4ceedc5fd93#.2ijw65hgi
Rory Smyth, almost 8 years ago Surely gender is an important thing to call out here. It looks like you want a certain response and aren't being transparent enough for it to end any other way.
What do you mean? Both the name and the message are very much gender agnostic…
I think the message was super friendly and it’s something I would probably write myself. Living in London, you have to be this active to make people move their asses and do stuff.
Ivan Annikov, almost 8 years ago I think it would be helpful if you provided situational context that led up to Alex sending this message.
JC ., almost 8 years ago
Wouldn't results be skewed if there is no option to choose "zero?"
Peiran Tan, almost 8 years ago
Very curious about why you’re doing this test, even more than about the results.
Curiosity. My background is in psychology. :)
Hi Peiran! Results now available. :) https://medium.com/user-experience-design-1/facebook-and-how-uis-twist-your-words-4ceedc5fd93#.2ijw65hgi
Giulio Michelon, almost 8 years ago
I want the results now!
Hi Giulio! Results now available. :) https://medium.com/user-experience-design-1/facebook-and-how-uis-twist-your-words-4ceedc5fd93#.2ijw65hgi
Marc Olivier Lapierre, almost 8 years ago
It got me thinking for a few minutes too. I love analyzing copywriting and trying to understand why something makes me feel a certain way. Looking forward to see if you get any conclusive results out of this!
Hi Marc! Results now available. :) https://medium.com/user-experience-design-1/facebook-and-how-uis-twist-your-words-4ceedc5fd93#.2ijw65hgi
Jonathan Simcoe, almost 8 years ago
At first it seemed simple. Then when I thought about it more I wasn't so sure. Would be curious to see the results.
I'll definitely share if anything interesting turns up. :) Thanks for filling it out!
Hi Jonathan! Results now available. :) https://medium.com/user-experience-design-1/facebook-and-how-uis-twist-your-words-4ceedc5fd93#.2ijw65hgi
Thanks, Chantal.
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