Hacker News with Generative AI: Surveys

A glitch in an online survey replaced the word 'yes' with 'forks' (pewresearch.org)
At Pew Research Center, we routinely ask the people who take our surveys to give us feedback about their experience. Were the survey questions clear? Were they engaging? Were they politically neutral?

Surveys, User Experience, Research, Data Analysis

192 points by cpeterso 12 days ago | 98 comments

Elon Musk promotes negative Tesla survey turned positive by bots (electrek.co)
Elon Musk has shared a survey that was clearly negative about Tesla last week, but it was made to look positive for Tesla after bots rigged the results.

Elon Musk, Tesla, Bots, Surveys, Social Media

12 points by croes 14 days ago | 0 comments

Tesla is done in Germany: 94% say they won't buy a Tesla car (electrek.co)
A survey of over 100,000 Germans revealed that 94% won’t buy a Tesla vehicle.

Tesla, Germany, Automotive Industry, Consumer Sentiment, Surveys

96 points by madspindel 19 days ago | 71 comments

Teenagers Say Girls Are Equal to Boys in School, or Are Ahead (nytimes.com)
Reflecting a generational change, two Pew surveys show boys tend to feel discouraged in the classroom, and are less likely than girls to pursue college.

Education, Gender Equality, Youth, Social Trends, Surveys

5 points by JumpCrisscross 20 days ago | 1 comments

40% of Britons haven't read a single book in the last 12 months (yougov.co.uk)
40% of Britons haven’t read a single book in the last 12 months

Reading Habits, UK, Surveys, Books, Culture

47 points by GeoAtreides 27 days ago | 119 comments

State of React 2024 – Survey Results (stateofreact.com)
This has been a year of consolidation for React.

React, JavaScript, Web Development, Surveys

4 points by karaokeyoga 43 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: Open source Typeform alternative (forms.md)
Forms.md lets you build powerful multi-step forms and surveys with minimal code. Create production-ready forms that are privacy-focused, accessible, localizable, and themeable. Perfect for user onboarding, data collection, customer feedback, and much more. The best part? It's completely free.

Open Source, Forms, Surveys, Web Development, Alternatives

13 points by darkhorse13 47 days ago | 3 comments

2024 State of Rust Survey Results (rust-lang.org)

Rust, Programming Languages, Surveys, 2024

3 points by achristmascarl 48 days ago | 0 comments

Product Development Processes You Might Not Have Heard of (2022) (departmentofproduct.com)
According to the Department of Product’s survey data, by far the most popular product development methodology (for our audience at least) is Scrum with 2 week sprints.

Product Development, Agile, Methodology, Surveys

118 points by lgunsch 48 days ago | 29 comments

Some terminal frustrations (jvns.ca)
A few weeks ago I ran a terminal survey (you can read the results here) and at the end I asked:

Terminal Emulators, User Experience, Surveys

272 points by aragilar 56 days ago | 309 comments

New survey reports one in 10 game developers have lost their jobs in 2024 (theverge.com)
One in 10 game developers lost their job in 2024. That’s according to the results of the annual Game Developers Conference state of the video game survey.

Game Development, Employment, Surveys, Video Games

4 points by ipster_io 70 days ago | 1 comments

The State of Python 2024 – The PyCharm Blog (jetbrains.com)
This is a guest post from Michael Kennedy, the founder of Talk Python and a PSF Fellow.

Python, Programming Languages, Software Development, Surveys

12 points by rbanffy 105 days ago | 1 comments

A Survey of System Languages (2024) (alopex.li)
In case you missed it, there’s a whole new generation of low-level programming languages being created right now.

Programming Languages, Software, Surveys

17 points by todsacerdoti 106 days ago | 2 comments

Most iPhone Users Uninterested in Apple Intelligence, Survey Suggests (macrumors.com)
iPhone users have largely avoided the Apple Intelligence features released prior to iOS 18.2, a new survey suggests.

iPhone, Apple, Surveys, Consumer Behavior, Technology

4 points by ralphsebastian 107 days ago | 1 comments

Survey: Growing number of U.S. adults lack literacy skills (nbcnews.com)
The share of adults with literacy skills at the lowest measured levels increased substantially as the gap between the high-skilled and low-skilled in the U.S. expands, according to new data from the National Center for Education Statistics’ latest survey of adult skills.

Education, Literacy, United States, Surveys, Social Inequality

11 points by madihaa 113 days ago | 2 comments

The State of Python 2024 (jetbrains.com)
This is a guest post from Michael Kennedy, the founder of Talk Python and a PSF Fellow.

Python, Programming Languages, Software Development, Surveys

8 points by lumpa 113 days ago | 0 comments

Typed Python in 2024: Well adopted, yet usability challenges persist (engineering.fb.com)
Ten years after the introduction of PEP 484, we surveyed the current state of the Python type system and the tools developers are using.

Python, Programming Languages, Software Development, Static Typing, Surveys

14 points by vquemener 114 days ago | 1 comments

Show HN: SurveyMoji – An easy way to get realtime feedback with a link/QR code (surveymoji.com)
Emoji surveys are a quick way to get feedback from your audience during a video call or conference.

Surveys, Feedback, QR Codes, Video Conferencing, Tools

16 points by zoidb 124 days ago | 6 comments

60% of Americans say they probably won't get an updated Covid-19 vaccine (pewresearch.org)
Six-in-ten Americans say they will probably not get an updated 2024-25 COVID-19 vaccine, according to an October Pew Research Center survey.

Public Health, COVID-19, Vaccination, Surveys

29 points by hn_acker 134 days ago | 24 comments

AI Hype Is Cooling – New survey (slack.com)
New global survey reveals a disconnect between AI aspirations and adoption rates. Here’s how leaders can keep their company’s AI journey on track.

Artificial Intelligence, Business, Surveys, Trends

99 points by zer0tonin 141 days ago | 127 comments

Report finds 'shocking and dispiriting' fall in children reading for pleasure (theguardian.com)
Children’s reading enjoyment has fallen to its lowest level in almost two decades, with just one in three young people saying that they enjoy reading in their free time, according to a new survey.

Education, Reading, Children, Surveys

15 points by pseudolus 148 days ago | 7 comments

Microsoft's GitHub Is Losing Traffic, Based on an Extensive Web Survey (techrights.org)
This latest snapshot shows a lot of red: (is Microsoft scaring away its "slaves"?)

Microsoft, GitHub, Web Traffic, Software Development, Surveys

9 points by dxs 171 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: How do you feel about the 'Do you have a best friend at work' question? (ycombinator.com)
Gallop has one of the best-known employee engagement surveys, known as the Q12. It asks 12 questions, and one of them is, "Do you have a best friend at work?"

Workplace Culture, Employee Engagement, Surveys, Human Resources

16 points by jawns 193 days ago | 25 comments

Psychedelic Drugs May Give a Glimpse into Near-Death Experiences (nytimes.com)
A survey revealed similarities between these two altered states of consciousness.

Psychedelic Drugs, Near-Death Experiences, Consciousness, Science, Surveys

8 points by bookofjoe 204 days ago | 1 comments

The way people get their news is changing, Ofcom report shows (news.sky.com)
The main way people get their news has changed, according to a new survey by Ofcom.

Media, News Consumption, Surveys

8 points by austinallegro 205 days ago | 0 comments

Python Developers Survey 2023 Results (jetbrains.com)

Python, Software Development, Surveys, Programming Languages

4 points by rbanffy 208 days ago | 0 comments

A lot of new in-car tech is "not necessary," survey finds (arstechnica.com)

Automotive Technology, Consumer Behavior, Surveys

12 points by rntn 219 days ago | 3 comments

Rust Embedded Working Group Community Micro Survey (rust-lang.org)

Rust, Embedded Systems, Community, Surveys

6 points by jamesmunns 223 days ago | 0 comments

Survey: The AI wave continues to grow on software development teams (github.blog)