My first impression was that the survey was “too much.”
Many (20%?) Of the questions used jargon on at least one end of the scale. I happened to know about half of it, but that’s quite a filter even within the programming community
There were about 3 times as many questions as I expected for a quick connection thing. This isn’t eHarmony, I don’t need a compatible life partner, just someone vaguely in the same mindspace. And as another reply mentioned, “person who has seen that page who is willing to participate” is already a ton of selection effects.
A 10 point scale, while common, didn’t fit on my phone. And in reality, those scales are have a resolution of at most 5 (Very, Kinda, Neutral, Kinda, Very) and usually 3 (this, meh, that)
You can answer as many or as few questions as you’d like. Perhaps I should have made this more clear though.
Many (20%?) Of the questions used jargon on at least one end of the scale. I happened to know about half of it, but that’s quite a filter even within the programming community
Yeah, that’s something I expected. Eg. a front end developer not knowing what an ORM is. But I figured that it’d be ok since it’s all optional.
This isn’t eHarmony, I don’t need a compatible life partner, just someone vaguely in the same mindspace.
I actually disagree with this. I expect people to be attracted to the idea of filling out a long-ish survey and then being able to be matched with someone who is very similar, rather than vaguely similar. Vageuly similar feels notably less exciting. I don’t feel strongly though, maybe I’m wrong. Good to get this data point from you.
A 10 point scale, while common, didn’t fit on my phone.
Huh, that is surprising. I actually did try to make it look decent on small screens. The buttons are supposed to wrap, eg. 1-5 are on a top row and 6-10 are on a bottom row. Is that not what happened for you?
No and no. I didn’t think it’d be worth doing either of those things before I knew there’d actually be enough users to justify the investment of time. So I ended up just sending the emails by hand.
My first impression was that the survey was “too much.”
Many (20%?) Of the questions used jargon on at least one end of the scale. I happened to know about half of it, but that’s quite a filter even within the programming community
There were about 3 times as many questions as I expected for a quick connection thing. This isn’t eHarmony, I don’t need a compatible life partner, just someone vaguely in the same mindspace. And as another reply mentioned, “person who has seen that page who is willing to participate” is already a ton of selection effects.
A 10 point scale, while common, didn’t fit on my phone. And in reality, those scales are have a resolution of at most 5 (Very, Kinda, Neutral, Kinda, Very) and usually 3 (this, meh, that)
You can answer as many or as few questions as you’d like. Perhaps I should have made this more clear though.
Yeah, that’s something I expected. Eg. a front end developer not knowing what an ORM is. But I figured that it’d be ok since it’s all optional.
I actually disagree with this. I expect people to be attracted to the idea of filling out a long-ish survey and then being able to be matched with someone who is very similar, rather than vaguely similar. Vageuly similar feels notably less exciting. I don’t feel strongly though, maybe I’m wrong. Good to get this data point from you.
Huh, that is surprising. I actually did try to make it look decent on small screens. The buttons are supposed to wrap, eg. 1-5 are on a top row and 6-10 are on a bottom row. Is that not what happened for you?
Was there an algorithm or distance metric running in the background? Was matching people and sending the emails fully automated?
No and no. I didn’t think it’d be worth doing either of those things before I knew there’d actually be enough users to justify the investment of time. So I ended up just sending the emails by hand.
That is what happened… which means I had one word on the left, one on the right, and two rows of number buttons below them. Not a good look.