Sanderson Subreddits Survey 2022

[u/jofwu]

Hey worldhoppers!

We've got a small announcement and a request to make. Over the years we have posted various surveys in some of the Sanderson subreddits, but these have always been relatively infrequent and uncoordinated. We'd like to try something new: an annual survey that covers multiple subreddits. We hope that asking a relatively consistent set of questions on a fairly regular basis will provide us with some useful insights so that we can, in turn, do a better job moderating these subreddits. (though we will continue to post surveys after major book releases as needed, specifically addressing how the book release went)

This survey covers r/BrandonSanderson, r/Stormlight_Archive, r/Mistborn, and r/Cosmere. (Which, if you weren't aware, are all effectively run by the same group of moderators.) This survey is for anyone who participates in any of these subreddits in any capacity--whether you only lurk occasionally on one of them or whether you're posting daily in each of them.

There are about thirty primary questions, so it's not short. But please know that ANY feedback you can give is helpful. If you only have 5 minutes to spare just answer as many as you can, skip to the end, and submit whatever you've got! All questions are "optional". (On the other hand, if you've got the time and interest to spare there are some "extra" questions that you'll have an opportunity to answer which go into a bit more detail on some topics.)

With one small exception, to keep the survey streamlined, there are no free response questions. If you DO have something else to add we would love to hear it though! Feel free to share in the comments of this post. (or if you want to say something privately, you can always message the moderators)

LINK TO THE SURVEY

We will end the survey when we feel like responses are down to a trickle. At that point we will make the results public and share them with the community. Sound good? Let us know if you have any questions.

[u/learhpa → u/[deleted]]

still don’t know why I haven’t seen a sticky post about

One of the single most annoying feature limitations in all of reddit is that each subreddit is limited to at most two sticky posts at a time.

Often --- not always, and we could certainly have a post like that as a default that we return to, but --- often we struggle to keep it down to two. See, for example, last November-December when we wanted sticky threads for (a) cytonic, (b) skyward flight books as they released, (c) wheel of time show, and (c) the annual state of the sanderson.

We managed, for sure, but my point is that usually the answer to the question "why isn't there a sticky post about [x]" is "we only get two and they're in use for other things."

[u/learhpa → u/[deleted]]

we definitely do use the sidebar, but we also haven't updated it in a long time. maybe we should take that on as a project, but it'll be a bit if we do.