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A while ago my stepfather who's a professor at UNLV and is also part of the IRB brought up an interesting thought. The IRB deals with the ethics of experiments/collection of data on human subjects.
So out of curiosity, what do you guys think, do you think what is posted here is for the members of our community only, and private information, or would it not bother you at all if any and all of your statements were used as data for research? I personally think that even though forums are technically public, when one posts something it's at least primarily meant only for the other members of the community. |
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I have no problem at all with anything I write being used as data, as long as the data is used honestly. Part of this entails that if there is debate over the meaning of what I've said, at any given point, I would prefer to be contacted in order to clarify. After all, one of the beauties of forums is the constant feedback loop.
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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The only problem I would have with forums being fair game is for employment. (IE: an employer not hiring you because of your myspace pictures.)
I really could care less if my statements are used in research, though. If I didn't want people outside the forums reading what I write, I wouldn't post on a public forum. |
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While posts here are made specifically for the community, it's still a public forum. Everyone who posts here is aware that their post can be accessed by anyone with an Internet connection, so I think it's fair for those people to collect data on it.
All that needs to be kept in mind while collecting data is the context of the posts within the community, and I'm sure any self-respecting experimenter would be mindful of that.
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If anyone is collecting data from an independent party (I.E. a forum) then that data is bound to be biased or inconclusive at best.
Doing research means your sources have to be reliable and if you can call a bunch of kids commenting on ethics reliable (as opposed to, say, TEACHERS of ethics, then go right ahead) Quote:
But employers should also realize that it's the itnernet and people act differently in real life than they do whilst browsing the net. |
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For sources being reliable, I don't think that's the point when thinking of collecting data from a forum. As OrganisM mentioned, it's for human experiments. Seeing how people react to different things and how they post about them on the Internet. There's no right or wrong to that; just what it is.
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I agree with jamuko.
It's in public reach. I always try to remember this when posting essays on other forums. I would have posted an essay I made awhile back for potential future school use at another forum for critique and advice if it wasn't for the fact that a teacher might be able to Google my essay. Instead, I posted it as one of the two private entries I have on my LJ.
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