Discussion spaces on the internet have grown to become an overcrowded place in the past few years. With increasing user participation, it is not uncommon to encounter discussion spaces with hundreds to thousands of messages (or even more). While most of these discussion spaces are successful in helping the user navigate through small discussions, their effectiveness for large-scale discussions is questionable. To provide a brief orientation, some problems include inability to follow conversations, inability to get a sense of the breadth of the discussion, discursive commentary, low signal-to-noise ratio among many others. This project is aimed at investigating ways to design better interfaces for navigating through large-scale discussions.
To this end, I've designed a short survey intended to collect information about your usage, behavior and perceptions of online discussion spaces. It shouldn't take more than 3-5 minutes of your time. If you have any questions about the survey, please mail them to demaws@gmail.com. Thank you for your help in this regard.
