Help wanted and appreciated!! 💕

Hello friends. It’s me, Jojo.

I’m currently doing a research project on online writing communities. Title: Exploring digital identity and creative expression on social writing platforms.

A part of this research is autobiographical. Which means, I am doing it on myself. The other part involves interviews with writers like yourselves!

And since I’m a part of this community right here I wanted to talk to all of you guys about yourselves.

What is expected of you?
An interview! I’ll reach out via dms and ask a few questions. It’s more like an informal chat.

Stuff I’ll be asking you:

  • A little background about yourself (No sensitive information though)
  • How you got into writing/ how you got involved in online writing
  • How you feel about online writing communities
  • Writing ambitions and goals
  • Talk about a story you’ve already published online/ shared. And your feelings on reader reception
  • Your opinion on “Authorship”

I need about four to five participants. But I’ll take as many as I can get! :slight_smile:

I’ll share an info doc, consent form and explain all the formal bits before we begin the interview.

Lemme know!! :pray:

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I’m in.

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Amazing!!

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Sure :slight_smile:

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Thank you! I’ll send a message in a bit

For sure, Ill probably be in bed by then but Ill get to it when I can :sweat_smile:

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No worries. It’ll be sometime tomorrow anyway :see_no_evil:

I’d be down

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Awesome! I’m starting the interviews today

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I’m still taking participants btw!!

What you get from taking part:

  • A special thank you on my acknowledgements section
  • You get to share your experiences as a writer
  • Contribution to knowledge on online writing, and possibly help improve online spaces for writers
  • A big virtual hug :hugs:

I will be sharing the outcomes of this project in October with you. So stay tuned.

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I want to give this a go!

Should I answer some questions here or just wait till you DM me instead?

I ask this because I was about to answer some of the questions on this. LOL!

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I think it’s best to DM for confidentiality reasons :slight_smile:

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Cool! You can DM whenever you want, when you are able to.

You know, different time zones and what not.

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I’m down if you are still interested in participants! Feel free to shoot me a DM if so, but no worries or pressure if your spots are filled :saluting_face:

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Amazing! I’m off to bed actually. Keep a look out for my dm tomorrow

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Sounds like interesting research! I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about community writing forums and platforms after I found a blog post by a former Figment user. I realized how important that site was for so many writers’ growths.

So many people might not even have become writers if it wasn’t for Figment! :open_mouth:

That’s something.

Anyway, do you still need participants?

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Yes! I’m still taking participants :slight_smile:

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Hi! I just returned from a trip a few days ago. If you still need participants, I would love to help :blush:

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Hello friends! Thank you for taking part in this little study :heart: :heart: I didn’t manage to interview all of you but I really appreciate your interest.

It has been successful, and I couldn’t have done it without your support.

I will be sharing the outcomes soon :blush:

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