Delicious User Survey
Thank you for taking this survey. It may take you approximately 10-15 minutes to complete the questionnaire. In this project, we explore the relations between Delicious users' online and offline social activities and their tag use and tagging behavior.
Participation in this study is completely voluntary. The information that you provide will be used for research purposes only. Data analyses will be conducted at aggregate levels and no information will be used to identify you.
To show our gratitude, we will randomly draw a number of participants by the end of the project. Each winner will receive an Amazon.com gift certificate ($50 or $20 U.S.
dollars worth). Enter your contact information if you wish to enter the draw. Your participation is highly appreciated.
Please note that this study is not affiliated with or sponsored by Delicious.com or any commercial interest. If you have any question about our study, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Sincerely,
Chi-Shiou Lin, Assistant Professor Dept. of Library & Information Science National Taiwan University
Yi-Fan Chen, Graduate Student
Dept. of Library & Information Science National Taiwan University
Part 1: About Your Background Information
1 How old are you? ____________ years old 2 What is your gender? (1) Male (2) Female
3 What is your education level? (1) elementary school or below (2) some high school
(3) high school diploma (4) college/university degree (5) Master’s degree
(6) Ph. D. and above
4 What is your occupation? ____________ (drop-down menu) 5 What is your nationality? ____________ (drop-down menu) 6 How long have you used the Internet? about____________ years
Part 2: About Your Offline Social Relations
Please think about your relationships with your friends and colleagues in the OFFLINE world and answer the following questions.
( 1 ~ 10; 1 = strongly disagree, 10 = strongly agree) 1 I have many friends.
2 I frequently interact with my friends.
3 My friends and I help each other.
4 I trust my friends.
5 I care about my relationships with my friends.
6 I communicate well with my friends.
7 I understand the behavior of my friends.
Part 3: About Your Daily Activities & Conditions ( 1 ~ 10; 1 = strongly disagree, 10 = strongly agree)
1 I have good knowledge in computer technologies.
2 I pursue different kinds of knowledge.
3 In a regular day, I have many opportunities to access the Internet.
4 Every month I spend a good deal of money on staying connected to the Internet (including buying or renting hardware and software or paying for the connection fees, etc.).
5 How many computers and mobile devices (e.g., PDA, smart phone, iPod Touch, wireless laptop, etc.) do you own that can enable access to Internet?
_______ pieces (fill in a number)
Part 4: About Your Social Relations in Delicious
Please think about the people you interact with in Delicious and answer the following questions. In the following questions, "offline friends" mean friends that you've already known in the offline world who are also using Delicious; "online friends" mean friends that you make in Delicious and whom you have not necessarily met face-to-face.
( 1 ~ 10; 1 = strongly disagree, 10 = strongly agree) 4-1 About your “offline friends”
1 My offline friends and I share bookmarks with each other.
2 I add bookmarks shared by my offline friends because I trust their selection.
3 I care about my relationships with my offline friends who are also using Delicious.
4 I understand the meanings of the tags assigned by my offline friends.
5 I understand how my offline friends come up with the tags for the bookmarks they collect.
4-2 About your “online friends”
6 My online friends and I share bookmarks with each other.
7 I add bookmarks shared by my online friends because I trust their selection.
8 I care about my relationships with my online friends in Delicious.
9 I understand the meanings of the tags assigned by my online friends.
10 I understand how my online friends come up with the tags for the bookmarks they collect.
Part 5: About Your Understanding of Delicious ( 1 ~ 10; 1 = strongly disagree, 10 = strongly agree) 1 I understand how a social tagging system works.
2 I understand that different users may interpret a tag differently.
3 I understand the meaning of “Recommended Tags” in Delicious.
4 I understand the meaning of “Popular Tags” in Delicious.
5 I understand the meaning of “All My Tags” in Delicious.
6 I understand the meaning of “Fresh Bookmarks” in Delicious.
7 I understand the meaning of “Hotlist” in Delicious.
8 I understand the function of “subscriptions” in Delicious.
9 I understand the function of “Network” in Delicious.
10 I understand the function of “Tag Bundles” in Delicious.
11 I understand the function of “Network Bundles” in Delicious.
12 I understand the function of “Subscription Bundles” in Delicious.
Part 6: About Your Delicious Use
6-1 Please refer to your Delicious profile page and answer the following questions.
1 How many people are in your “Network” in Delicious? ________
2 How many people are your “Fans” in Delicious? ________
3 How many people that you know in the offline world also use Delicious? _______
4 Please tell us your number of bookmarks. ________
5 Please tell us the number of tags shown in “All Tags.” ________
6 In average, how many tags do you assign to each bookmark?
about ________ (please round to the nearest whole number) 6-2 About your Delicious use
( 1 ~ 10; 1 = strongly disagree, 10 = strongly agree) 7 I frequently write “Tag Descriptions” in Delicious.
8 I am usually the first person who adds a particular bookmark in Delicious.
9 My bookmarks cover a wide range of topics.
Part 7: About Your Tagging Behavior in Delicious ( 1 ~ 10; 1 = strongly disagree, 10 = strongly agree)
7-1 When I assign tags, I consider…
1 I consider whether the tags will facilitate my future recall of the bookmarks being tagged.
2 I consider whether the tags will enhance the privacy of my bookmarks collection.
3 I consider whether the tags will promote the sharing of my bookmarks with the other Delicious users.
4 I consider whether the tags will show people how I think or feel about the bookmarks being tagged.
5 I consider whether the tags are capable of connecting other Delicious users who share my concerns about certain social issues (e.g., promoting fair trade, antitrust actions, etc.).
7-2 When I assign tags, I…
6 I often use those tags in "Popular Tags" or "Recommended Tags" on my bookmarks because many people have used them and therefore they seem safer to use.
7 I often use those tags in "Popular Tags" or "Recommended Tags" because it saves me time.
8 I prefer using self-created tags because they are more capable of showing my individuality than tags suggested by Delicious.
9 I prefer using self-created tags because it is more fun than using tags suggested by Delicious.
Part 8: About Your Tagging Strategies
8-1 Which of the following strategies have you used?
(Check all that apply)
1 Tag by the topic of the resources – for example, "cloudcomputing" for resources on cloud computing.
2 Tag by personal judgment – for example, "funny", "excellent", "thissucks", etc.
3 Tag by media format – for example, "video" for any Youtube film.
4 Tag by task – for example, "toread" for pages you plan to read, "japantrip" for travel planning, etc.
5 Tag by author/owner name – for example, "B.Gates" for articles written by Bill Gates.
6 Tag for self reference – for example, "mystuff" for resources created/owned by yourself, "mycomments" for reviews you posted on the Web, etc.
7 Tag by the copyright status of the resource – for example, "free" or "opensource"
for free/open source downloads.
8 Tag by date/time – for example, using "2010Spring" for some organizing purposes.
9 Tag by numbers or symbols – for example, "♥" for something you like,
"★★★★☆" for degree of recommendation, etc.
10 Tag by character strings that make sense to nobody but you.
8-2 In general, I would describe my tagging strategies as…
( 1 ~ 10; 1 = strongly disagree, 10 = strongly agree)
11 I use different tagging strategies flexibly for different bookmarks.
Part 9: Contact Information (Optional)
You have now completed the questionnaire. Thank you for your participation. By the end of the project, we will randomly draw a number of participants and send each an Amazon.com gift certificate (worth $50 or $20 U.S. dollars). Please enter your name and a valid email address to enter the draw. We will contact the lucky winners in December, 2010.
1 Your name: ______________________
2 Email: __________________________