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  1. DATE: June 22, 2026 at 02:00PM
    SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG

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    TITLE: Mental health policy is a major deciding factor for voters, new study finds

    URL: psypost.org/mental-health-poli

    A part of the 2024 Cooperative Election Study examined how important mental health policy is to voter choice relative to nine other salient policy issues, including border security, abortion, and student loan forgiveness. The results suggested that mental health is of substantial importance, especially to liberals, higher-income people, and those in relatively poor health. The paper was published in PLOS One.

    Mental health is an increasingly important policy issue in the United States because the incidence of mental health problems has grown in recent years. This was particularly the case during the COVID-19 pandemic. Access to mental health care remains uneven, and many people with mental health conditions do not receive treatment. The barriers include cost, inadequate insurance coverage, shortages of behavioral-health professionals, long waiting times, and the unequal geographic distribution of services.

    Furthermore, survey evidence indicates broad agreement that the United States is facing a mental health crisis. For example, a 2022 Kaiser Family Foundation/CNN poll found that 90% of Americans agree that there is a mental health crisis in the U.S.

    Also, a 2024 Gallup poll found that only 9% of Americans gave the American health system a grade of “A” or “B” for its performance on mental health, compared to 57% for “D” or “F.” This suggests that the broad goal of improving mental health enjoys almost universal support among Americans, even if they disagree about specific policy solutions.

    Study author Jake Haselswerdt investigated the demographic and political correlates of mental health issue importance. He used a research approach often used in marketing called conjoint survey methodology to examine the relative importance of a mental health coverage and access proposal based on a real one (the Better Mental Health Care for Americans Act of 2023) compared to other salient political issues.

    Conjoint survey methodology is an experimental survey approach in which respondents choose between hypothetical alternatives with randomly varied characteristics, allowing researchers to estimate how much each characteristic influences their preferences or decisions. It is commonly used in marketing and product development to identify how important specific features of a product are to users.

    The author of this study implemented a conjoint experiment on a nationally representative module of 1,000 respondents on the 2024 Cooperative Election Study (CES), conducted in late 2024. Run by the survey firm YouGov, the CES (formerly the Cooperative Congressional Election Study) recruits samples of American adults using advanced sampling methodology and applies tailored statistical procedures to produce estimates of the views of the U.S. population on examined issues.

    Haselswerdt introduced an original question asking: “Do you support or oppose the following proposal? Change health insurance rules and reimbursement rates to improve access to mental health care for all, including lower-income people, children, and the elderly.” This format parallels a series of support/oppose items on the Common Content questionnaire that cover a wide range of issues.

    For this study, he incorporated responses to nine of those items, for a total of 10 policy issues, including mental health. The issues included were border security, abortion access, regulating carbon dioxide emissions, affordable housing, repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), student debt forgiveness, infrastructure investment, a “billionaire tax,” and banning TikTok.

    In the conjoint experiment, respondents were presented with pairs of hypothetical political candidates and were asked to choose between them. The only information provided about the candidates was their randomly assigned positions (support or oppose) on two of the 10 policy proposals. By tracking which candidate the respondents chose based on their own policy preferences, Haselswerdt could determine which issues carried the most weight in the voting booth.

    Results indicated an estimated 91% overall support for the mental health proposal. Haselswerdt calculated how much agreement with a hypothetical political candidate increased the likelihood that a voter would choose that candidate. He found that agreement with the candidate on the mental health proposal increased this probability by 27 percentage points.

    This puts the mental health question roughly alongside infrastructure spending and ACA repeal in importance and slightly below student debt forgiveness and abortion access. Issues where agreement had a lower estimated effect on voter decisions included border security, banning TikTok, affordable housing, and carbon emissions. The importance of the mental health question was especially high for liberals, higher-income people, and those in relatively poor health.

    “These findings suggest that championing action on mental health could bring political rewards to policymakers,” the study author concluded.

    The study contributes to the scientific understanding of the current political views of Americans. However, the study author notes that the findings of this study might be specific to the content or wording of the included proposals. The results of studies using different wording for proposals in the same general area might differ. Additionally, the study used dichotomous answer options (support/oppose, rather than asking about the level of agreement), eliminating the possibility of discovering nuanced patterns of relationships between proposals.

    The paper, “Who cares about mental health? Benchmarking the issue importance of mental health for American voters,” was authored by Jake Haselswerdt.

    URL: psypost.org/mental-health-poli

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    #psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #MentalHealthPolicy #VoterPolicyPriorities #CES2024 #MentalHealthCareAccess #ConjointSurvey #MarketingInsights #PublicHealthPolicy #MentalHealthAwareness #HealthcareReform #PollResults

  2. DATE: June 22, 2026 at 02:00PM
    SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG

    ** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
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    TITLE: Mental health policy is a major deciding factor for voters, new study finds

    URL: psypost.org/mental-health-poli

    A part of the 2024 Cooperative Election Study examined how important mental health policy is to voter choice relative to nine other salient policy issues, including border security, abortion, and student loan forgiveness. The results suggested that mental health is of substantial importance, especially to liberals, higher-income people, and those in relatively poor health. The paper was published in PLOS One.

    Mental health is an increasingly important policy issue in the United States because the incidence of mental health problems has grown in recent years. This was particularly the case during the COVID-19 pandemic. Access to mental health care remains uneven, and many people with mental health conditions do not receive treatment. The barriers include cost, inadequate insurance coverage, shortages of behavioral-health professionals, long waiting times, and the unequal geographic distribution of services.

    Furthermore, survey evidence indicates broad agreement that the United States is facing a mental health crisis. For example, a 2022 Kaiser Family Foundation/CNN poll found that 90% of Americans agree that there is a mental health crisis in the U.S.

    Also, a 2024 Gallup poll found that only 9% of Americans gave the American health system a grade of “A” or “B” for its performance on mental health, compared to 57% for “D” or “F.” This suggests that the broad goal of improving mental health enjoys almost universal support among Americans, even if they disagree about specific policy solutions.

    Study author Jake Haselswerdt investigated the demographic and political correlates of mental health issue importance. He used a research approach often used in marketing called conjoint survey methodology to examine the relative importance of a mental health coverage and access proposal based on a real one (the Better Mental Health Care for Americans Act of 2023) compared to other salient political issues.

    Conjoint survey methodology is an experimental survey approach in which respondents choose between hypothetical alternatives with randomly varied characteristics, allowing researchers to estimate how much each characteristic influences their preferences or decisions. It is commonly used in marketing and product development to identify how important specific features of a product are to users.

    The author of this study implemented a conjoint experiment on a nationally representative module of 1,000 respondents on the 2024 Cooperative Election Study (CES), conducted in late 2024. Run by the survey firm YouGov, the CES (formerly the Cooperative Congressional Election Study) recruits samples of American adults using advanced sampling methodology and applies tailored statistical procedures to produce estimates of the views of the U.S. population on examined issues.

    Haselswerdt introduced an original question asking: “Do you support or oppose the following proposal? Change health insurance rules and reimbursement rates to improve access to mental health care for all, including lower-income people, children, and the elderly.” This format parallels a series of support/oppose items on the Common Content questionnaire that cover a wide range of issues.

    For this study, he incorporated responses to nine of those items, for a total of 10 policy issues, including mental health. The issues included were border security, abortion access, regulating carbon dioxide emissions, affordable housing, repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), student debt forgiveness, infrastructure investment, a “billionaire tax,” and banning TikTok.

    In the conjoint experiment, respondents were presented with pairs of hypothetical political candidates and were asked to choose between them. The only information provided about the candidates was their randomly assigned positions (support or oppose) on two of the 10 policy proposals. By tracking which candidate the respondents chose based on their own policy preferences, Haselswerdt could determine which issues carried the most weight in the voting booth.

    Results indicated an estimated 91% overall support for the mental health proposal. Haselswerdt calculated how much agreement with a hypothetical political candidate increased the likelihood that a voter would choose that candidate. He found that agreement with the candidate on the mental health proposal increased this probability by 27 percentage points.

    This puts the mental health question roughly alongside infrastructure spending and ACA repeal in importance and slightly below student debt forgiveness and abortion access. Issues where agreement had a lower estimated effect on voter decisions included border security, banning TikTok, affordable housing, and carbon emissions. The importance of the mental health question was especially high for liberals, higher-income people, and those in relatively poor health.

    “These findings suggest that championing action on mental health could bring political rewards to policymakers,” the study author concluded.

    The study contributes to the scientific understanding of the current political views of Americans. However, the study author notes that the findings of this study might be specific to the content or wording of the included proposals. The results of studies using different wording for proposals in the same general area might differ. Additionally, the study used dichotomous answer options (support/oppose, rather than asking about the level of agreement), eliminating the possibility of discovering nuanced patterns of relationships between proposals.

    The paper, “Who cares about mental health? Benchmarking the issue importance of mental health for American voters,” was authored by Jake Haselswerdt.

    URL: psypost.org/mental-health-poli

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    #psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #MentalHealthPolicy #VoterPolicyPriorities #CES2024 #MentalHealthCareAccess #ConjointSurvey #MarketingInsights #PublicHealthPolicy #MentalHealthAwareness #HealthcareReform #PollResults

  3. DATE: June 22, 2026 at 02:00PM
    SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG

    ** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
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    TITLE: Mental health policy is a major deciding factor for voters, new study finds

    URL: psypost.org/mental-health-poli

    A part of the 2024 Cooperative Election Study examined how important mental health policy is to voter choice relative to nine other salient policy issues, including border security, abortion, and student loan forgiveness. The results suggested that mental health is of substantial importance, especially to liberals, higher-income people, and those in relatively poor health. The paper was published in PLOS One.

    Mental health is an increasingly important policy issue in the United States because the incidence of mental health problems has grown in recent years. This was particularly the case during the COVID-19 pandemic. Access to mental health care remains uneven, and many people with mental health conditions do not receive treatment. The barriers include cost, inadequate insurance coverage, shortages of behavioral-health professionals, long waiting times, and the unequal geographic distribution of services.

    Furthermore, survey evidence indicates broad agreement that the United States is facing a mental health crisis. For example, a 2022 Kaiser Family Foundation/CNN poll found that 90% of Americans agree that there is a mental health crisis in the U.S.

    Also, a 2024 Gallup poll found that only 9% of Americans gave the American health system a grade of “A” or “B” for its performance on mental health, compared to 57% for “D” or “F.” This suggests that the broad goal of improving mental health enjoys almost universal support among Americans, even if they disagree about specific policy solutions.

    Study author Jake Haselswerdt investigated the demographic and political correlates of mental health issue importance. He used a research approach often used in marketing called conjoint survey methodology to examine the relative importance of a mental health coverage and access proposal based on a real one (the Better Mental Health Care for Americans Act of 2023) compared to other salient political issues.

    Conjoint survey methodology is an experimental survey approach in which respondents choose between hypothetical alternatives with randomly varied characteristics, allowing researchers to estimate how much each characteristic influences their preferences or decisions. It is commonly used in marketing and product development to identify how important specific features of a product are to users.

    The author of this study implemented a conjoint experiment on a nationally representative module of 1,000 respondents on the 2024 Cooperative Election Study (CES), conducted in late 2024. Run by the survey firm YouGov, the CES (formerly the Cooperative Congressional Election Study) recruits samples of American adults using advanced sampling methodology and applies tailored statistical procedures to produce estimates of the views of the U.S. population on examined issues.

    Haselswerdt introduced an original question asking: “Do you support or oppose the following proposal? Change health insurance rules and reimbursement rates to improve access to mental health care for all, including lower-income people, children, and the elderly.” This format parallels a series of support/oppose items on the Common Content questionnaire that cover a wide range of issues.

    For this study, he incorporated responses to nine of those items, for a total of 10 policy issues, including mental health. The issues included were border security, abortion access, regulating carbon dioxide emissions, affordable housing, repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), student debt forgiveness, infrastructure investment, a “billionaire tax,” and banning TikTok.

    In the conjoint experiment, respondents were presented with pairs of hypothetical political candidates and were asked to choose between them. The only information provided about the candidates was their randomly assigned positions (support or oppose) on two of the 10 policy proposals. By tracking which candidate the respondents chose based on their own policy preferences, Haselswerdt could determine which issues carried the most weight in the voting booth.

    Results indicated an estimated 91% overall support for the mental health proposal. Haselswerdt calculated how much agreement with a hypothetical political candidate increased the likelihood that a voter would choose that candidate. He found that agreement with the candidate on the mental health proposal increased this probability by 27 percentage points.

    This puts the mental health question roughly alongside infrastructure spending and ACA repeal in importance and slightly below student debt forgiveness and abortion access. Issues where agreement had a lower estimated effect on voter decisions included border security, banning TikTok, affordable housing, and carbon emissions. The importance of the mental health question was especially high for liberals, higher-income people, and those in relatively poor health.

    “These findings suggest that championing action on mental health could bring political rewards to policymakers,” the study author concluded.

    The study contributes to the scientific understanding of the current political views of Americans. However, the study author notes that the findings of this study might be specific to the content or wording of the included proposals. The results of studies using different wording for proposals in the same general area might differ. Additionally, the study used dichotomous answer options (support/oppose, rather than asking about the level of agreement), eliminating the possibility of discovering nuanced patterns of relationships between proposals.

    The paper, “Who cares about mental health? Benchmarking the issue importance of mental health for American voters,” was authored by Jake Haselswerdt.

    URL: psypost.org/mental-health-poli

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    #psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #MentalHealthPolicy #VoterPolicyPriorities #CES2024 #MentalHealthCareAccess #ConjointSurvey #MarketingInsights #PublicHealthPolicy #MentalHealthAwareness #HealthcareReform #PollResults

  4. Silly it is!

    At least for ~18 of 23 friends 😅

    So I guess being silly is a winning option most of the time!

    There is too much seriousness in the world anyway.

    #random
    #PollResults

  5. Silly it is!

    At least for ~18 of 23 friends 😅

    So I guess being silly is a winning option most of the time!

    There is too much seriousness in the world anyway.

    #random
    #PollResults

  6. Belief in Staged Attacks on Trump Signals Deeper Disconnect

    Polls show many Americans doubt recent attacks on Donald Trump were real. This is worrying for shared truth. Find out why.

    #TrumpAttacks, #PollResults, #Misinformation, #PublicTrust, #StagedEvents

    newsletter.tf/americans-doubt-

  7. Nearly 1 in 4 Americans think the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting was staged. This is a significant number of people doubting a major event.

    #TrumpAttacks, #PollResults, #Misinformation, #PublicTrust, #StagedEvents
    newsletter.tf/americans-doubt-

  8. Young Women's Views on Men: A Chasm of Perception Widens

    A new poll reveals 35% of young women have positive views of men, a drop from previous years. Find out why this 'gender gap' is widening.

    #GenderGap, #YoungWomen, #MensViews, #SocietalTrends, #PollResults

    newsletter.tf/young-women-nega

  9. RE: climatejustice.social/@resplen

    Congratulations to Oracle for being the Mastodon Linux communities most disliked company. It is hard to argue with the results. Oracle *is* a bunch of bastards.

    However, I thought for sure it would be NVIDIA. From my personal experience, my life has been so much easier since switching from NVIDIA to AMD and replacing the Broadcom card in my laptop.

    #GNULinux #GNU #Linux #poll #pollresults #Broadcom #IBM #Redhat #NVIDIA #Oracle

  10. RE: climatejustice.social/@resplen

    Congratulations to Oracle for being the Mastodon Linux communities most disliked company. It is hard to argue with the results. Oracle *is* a bunch of bastards.

    However, I thought for sure it would be NVIDIA. From my personal experience, my life has been so much easier since switching from NVIDIA to AMD and replacing the Broadcom card in my laptop.

    #GNULinux #GNU #Linux #poll #pollresults #Broadcom #IBM #Redhat #NVIDIA #Oracle

  11. CW: long-ish, poll results for sub-poll about kink

    To supplement the initial poll, I ended up creating a sub-poll: lgbtqia.space/@h3mmy/114719436

    With 91 voters responding, here are the results of that one:

    5% "Asexuality basically means celibate, right?"
    51% "Kink is sexual for me, not necessarily others"
    35% "The colloquial usage of 'sex act' is a misnomer"
    11% "Intimacy implies romance"
    24% "A fetish is always sexual"
    66% "Kinks are different from fetishes"
    5% "Other (Comment)"

    "Asexuality basically means celibate, right?" is a viewpoint I get hit with a lot. It's one of the many misconceptions people have about #asexuality. I'm happy to see that it's not a high percentage, but it also means that there is room for helping to clarify it for people. I did try to answer some questions that came in some of the comments. You can read one of those responses here: lgbtqia.space/@h3mmy/114730600

    "Kink is sexual for me, but not necessarily others" was meant to help complement the statements in the first poll based on feedback. Not everyone projects their own version of defining kink onto others, and that is really nice. It's something that needs to happen mindfully so when someone is talking about #kink it's not immediately labeled as a #sex discussion. And I appreciate it when people put in the effort to account for the different perspectives on the matter. 49% of respondents either didn't feel like kink was sexual for them or didn't feel like it could be non-sexual for others. Given the numbers in the first poll, I am inclined to believe the former is predominant among the survey takers. I could be wrong, but I'll do so with some gusto.

    "The colloquial usage of 'sex act' is a misnomer" was something meant to echo @[email protected] for his comment here onycha.monster/@erosdiscordia/
    I found it interesting to view things from this approach and am curious to hear more thoughts about it. It would certainly require some care, because there's already difficulties when widening the definition of the term "sex act". I still feel like it's worth exploring even if just to broaden my understanding of how people think about these concepts.

    "Intimacy implies romance" is one I added because I was noticing some people using the terms interchangeably or to mean a similar thing. 11% of voters at least view them as being in the same neighborhood. I'm aromantic, and not really going to be very good at trying to provide a granular differential analysis of romancy things. I definitely view intimacy as it's own thing though and you can read more about my thinking in this post lgbtqia.space/@h3mmy/114721556

    "A fetish is always sexual" was meant to try and refine how people are defining a fetish. My understanding is that it really only applies to sexual contexts, even if typical sex acts aren't necessarily involved, it's still scratching the sexual pathway in the brain. However it seems this framing only agrees with 24% of voters and I'm very interested in hearing more opinions about this to get a better understanding.

    "Kinks are different from fetishes" was added to check how people felt about this right after considering the sexual components to a fetish and whether this would be any different from the answers to the first poll in relation to kink and sexuality. 66% of people agree with this statement which is actually fewer than I expected. But as a wise person mentioned for the first poll, I might be phrasing things as bouba in a kiki world or vice-versa.

    Again, I would like to thank everyone who voted in the poll and especially to people who left comments. They were all very helpful for giving me a better feel for people in my orbit and how they may be conceptualizing these things.

    #PollResults #Discussion

  12. CW: long-ish, poll results for sub-poll about kink

    To supplement the initial poll, I ended up creating a sub-poll: lgbtqia.space/@h3mmy/114719436

    With 91 voters responding, here are the results of that one:

    5% "Asexuality basically means celibate, right?"
    51% "Kink is sexual for me, not necessarily others"
    35% "The colloquial usage of 'sex act' is a misnomer"
    11% "Intimacy implies romance"
    24% "A fetish is always sexual"
    66% "Kinks are different from fetishes"
    5% "Other (Comment)"

    "Asexuality basically means celibate, right?" is a viewpoint I get hit with a lot. It's one of the many misconceptions people have about #asexuality. I'm happy to see that it's not a high percentage, but it also means that there is room for helping to clarify it for people. I did try to answer some questions that came in some of the comments. You can read one of those responses here: lgbtqia.space/@h3mmy/114730600

    "Kink is sexual for me, but not necessarily others" was meant to help complement the statements in the first poll based on feedback. Not everyone projects their own version of defining kink onto others, and that is really nice. It's something that needs to happen mindfully so when someone is talking about #kink it's not immediately labeled as a #sex discussion. And I appreciate it when people put in the effort to account for the different perspectives on the matter. 49% of respondents either didn't feel like kink was sexual for them or didn't feel like it could be non-sexual for others. Given the numbers in the first poll, I am inclined to believe the former is predominant among the survey takers. I could be wrong, but I'll do so with some gusto.

    "The colloquial usage of 'sex act' is a misnomer" was something meant to echo @[email protected] for his comment here onycha.monster/@erosdiscordia/
    I found it interesting to view things from this approach and am curious to hear more thoughts about it. It would certainly require some care, because there's already difficulties when widening the definition of the term "sex act". I still feel like it's worth exploring even if just to broaden my understanding of how people think about these concepts.

    "Intimacy implies romance" is one I added because I was noticing some people using the terms interchangeably or to mean a similar thing. 11% of voters at least view them as being in the same neighborhood. I'm aromantic, and not really going to be very good at trying to provide a granular differential analysis of romancy things. I definitely view intimacy as it's own thing though and you can read more about my thinking in this post lgbtqia.space/@h3mmy/114721556

    "A fetish is always sexual" was meant to try and refine how people are defining a fetish. My understanding is that it really only applies to sexual contexts, even if typical sex acts aren't necessarily involved, it's still scratching the sexual pathway in the brain. However it seems this framing only agrees with 24% of voters and I'm very interested in hearing more opinions about this to get a better understanding.

    "Kinks are different from fetishes" was added to check how people felt about this right after considering the sexual components to a fetish and whether this would be any different from the answers to the first poll in relation to kink and sexuality. 66% of people agree with this statement which is actually fewer than I expected. But as a wise person mentioned for the first poll, I might be phrasing things as bouba in a kiki world or vice-versa.

    Again, I would like to thank everyone who voted in the poll and especially to people who left comments. They were all very helpful for giving me a better feel for people in my orbit and how they may be conceptualizing these things.

    #PollResults #Discussion

  13. Poll: lgbtqia.space/@h3mmy/114717402

    109 voters responded to this multi-select poll.

    73% agree with "Kink is not inherently sexual"
    88% agree with "Intimacy is not inherently sexual"
    7% of respondents also felt that "Kink is inseparable from sex"
    7% also feel that "To have kinks and have fetishes are the same thing"
    9% checkmarked "Other (Comment)"

    I want to thank everyone who responded and especially those that left comments. I really appreciate the insight and explanations of your perspectives on this, and it really helps me reflect and revise my own thoughts on the matter. I deeply value how everyone has shared their thoughts about these topics in a way that made me feel more curious and introduced some points of view that I may not have otherwise considered.

    It was also really helpful in finding the gaps in how I phrased things. While 7% of respondents said that "Kink is inseparable from sex", a 27% disagreed with the statement that "Kink is not inherently sexual". The implication here is that 20% of respondents feel that "Kink is inherently sexual, but is separable from sex" which isn't making sense to my brain but it's possible that the phrasing was unclear. I would have expected these to be much more close numerically.

    Also I felt like maybe "To have kinks and have fetishes are the same thing" was also phrased weird but the percentage of people agreeing was the same as "Kink is inseparable from sex". I wanted to gauge how many people felt that "kink === fetish" and I did in fact expect this to be roughly the same as people who felt that "kink == sexual"

    The comments were also immensely helpful in helping me understand the range people have for defining these terms, and how I made some mistakes in formulating the options. A common response I noted was that people might find kink to be always sexual in their experience but are very open and/or accepting of others who don't bind #kink and #sex together. Given information like this, I felt I had to create a sub-poll to help refine some thoughts and also add a couple of things I forgot to include on the main poll.

    Next up will be results from the sub-poll and some posts to follow which I hope will spur some discussion, but would otherwise serve as me kind of dumping what's in my brain at the time.

    #PollResults

  14. Poll: lgbtqia.space/@h3mmy/114717402

    109 voters responded to this multi-select poll.

    73% agree with "Kink is not inherently sexual"
    88% agree with "Intimacy is not inherently sexual"
    7% of respondents also felt that "Kink is inseparable from sex"
    7% also feel that "To have kinks and have fetishes are the same thing"
    9% checkmarked "Other (Comment)"

    I want to thank everyone who responded and especially those that left comments. I really appreciate the insight and explanations of your perspectives on this, and it really helps me reflect and revise my own thoughts on the matter. I deeply value how everyone has shared their thoughts about these topics in a way that made me feel more curious and introduced some points of view that I may not have otherwise considered.

    It was also really helpful in finding the gaps in how I phrased things. While 7% of respondents said that "Kink is inseparable from sex", a 27% disagreed with the statement that "Kink is not inherently sexual". The implication here is that 20% of respondents feel that "Kink is inherently sexual, but is separable from sex" which isn't making sense to my brain but it's possible that the phrasing was unclear. I would have expected these to be much more close numerically.

    Also I felt like maybe "To have kinks and have fetishes are the same thing" was also phrased weird but the percentage of people agreeing was the same as "Kink is inseparable from sex". I wanted to gauge how many people felt that "kink === fetish" and I did in fact expect this to be roughly the same as people who felt that "kink == sexual"

    The comments were also immensely helpful in helping me understand the range people have for defining these terms, and how I made some mistakes in formulating the options. A common response I noted was that people might find kink to be always sexual in their experience but are very open and/or accepting of others who don't bind #kink and #sex together. Given information like this, I felt I had to create a sub-poll to help refine some thoughts and also add a couple of things I forgot to include on the main poll.

    Next up will be results from the sub-poll and some posts to follow which I hope will spur some discussion, but would otherwise serve as me kind of dumping what's in my brain at the time.

    #PollResults

  15. Of the people who wear a wristwatch of some kind, from Tumblr and from Mastodon, which was 177 people, about 9% sometimes or always wear it on the inside of their wrist.

    Results: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d

    #poll #results #PollResults

  16. #PollResults: "Elon himself" wins! Most people who voted believe that Elon Musk is the person for people who gave him his own black eye.

  17. #PollResults: "Elon himself" wins! Most people who voted believe that Elon Musk is the person for people who gave him his own black eye.

  18. What do these trends mean for the future of the construction industry and software development? It suggests a robust shift towards technological enhancements that empower businesses to be more efficient, user-friendly, and sustainable.

    Want to explore how these insights can benefit your business? Contact us today for a free consultation and let's discuss how InApp can help: inapp.com/contact-us/

    #InApp #PollResults #AI #SoftwareDevelopment #DigitalTransformation #ConstructionTech

  19. Mastodon has spoken! The results are in!

    I have to say, I am kinda surprised by the results though. More of you DO NOT put stickers on your laptop.

    allthingstech.social/@beardedt

    #Laptop #Stickers #PollResults #KylePoll

  20. Mastodon has spoken! The results are in!

    I have to say, I am kinda surprised by the results though. More of you DO NOT put stickers on your laptop.

    allthingstech.social/@beardedt

    #Laptop #Stickers #PollResults #KylePoll

  21. #PollResults are that Milton Friedman "won" by a large margin; I hope that doesn't lead people to underestimate the incoming hurricane he was competing with, though, as it's going to cause plenty of destruction of its own, and people really need to be taking it seriously.

  22. #PollResults are that Milton Friedman "won" by a large margin; I hope that doesn't lead people to underestimate the incoming hurricane he was competing with, though, as it's going to cause plenty of destruction of its own, and people really need to be taking it seriously.

  23. The poll didn't get the expose I quite wanted it too unfortunately but from the results it did get, looonw like ke the majority of you don't run any kind and of beta software on your devices.

    I'd be interested to know why. Comment below to start in the conversation.

    allthingstech.social/@beardedt

    #BetaSoftware #PollResults

  24. The poll didn't get the expose I quite wanted it too unfortunately but from the results it did get, looonw like ke the majority of you don't run any kind and of beta software on your devices.

    I'd be interested to know why. Comment below to start in the conversation.

    allthingstech.social/@beardedt

    #BetaSoftware #PollResults

  25. #PollResults: looks like a plurality of you got it! Congratulations to everyone who picked John Mitchell!

  26. #PollResults: looks like a plurality of you got it! Congratulations to everyone who picked John Mitchell!

  27. #GameDev - new UI for the targeting system. Everything is working the same under the hood (needs work) but I think this makes it clearer that the enemies are targeting a specific tile instead of moving there #IndieDev #Roguelike #GodotEngine :godot: #PollResults

  28. #GameDev - new UI for the targeting system. Everything is working the same under the hood (needs work) but I think this makes it clearer that the enemies are targeting a specific tile instead of moving there #IndieDev #Roguelike #GodotEngine :godot: #PollResults

  29. #PollResults: Looks like that's a resounding "yes"; it might have to wait until Tuesday or so, though...

  30. #PollResults: Looks like that's a resounding "yes"; it might have to wait until Tuesday or so, though...