Welcome to 2019, Transcribers of Reddit! Got any resolutions or transcriber-related goals for the new year? Did anything particularly awesome happen last year? Put your monthly or yearly highlights in this thread! Here's the one from December.
Thank you so much to everyone who answered our end-of-the-year survey! The mods are going over your feedback to see how we can improve the subreddit, but in the meantime, here are the responses we collected from the survey:
How did you find Transcribers of Reddit?
26 responses, 100% response rate
25 (96.2%): Saw a transcription on another subreddit
1 (3.8%): Specifically looking for a place to transcribe things
If you found us through one of our transcriptions, which subreddit was it in?
22 responses, 84.6% response rate
11 (50%): Can’t remember
2 (9%): r/antiMLM, r/ProgrammerHumor
1 (4.5%): r/DnDGreentext, r/ComedyCemetery/ r/iamverybadass, r/funny, /r/ traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns
How many transcriptions have you completed?
26 responses, 100% response rate
10 (38.5%): 0-50
6 (23.1%): 101-250
4 (15.4%): 251-500
3 (11.5%): 51-100, 1001-2500
Do you use the Discord?
26 responses, 100% response rate
21 (80.8%): Yes
3 (11.5%): No
2 (7.7%): I have in the past, but no longer do
What is your favorite subreddit to transcribe?
23 responses, 88.5% response rate
5 (21.7%): r/ProgrammerHumor, Multiple answers or no preference
4 (17.4%): r/antiMLM
2 (8.7%): r/hmmm, /r/ traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns
1 (4.3%): r/DnDGreentext, r/CasualUK, r/NiceGirls, r/ihavesex
Did you participate in the Boston Library Project?
26 responses, 100% response rate
17 (65.4%): No
9 (34.6%): Yes
Do you follow us on Twitter?
26 responses, 100% response rate
18 (69.2%): No
8 (30.8%): Yes
Why do you transcribe for us?
24 responses, 92.3% response rate
9 (37.5%): Fun
6 (25%): To help others, both fun and to help others
2 (8.3%): I or somebody I know is disabled
1 (4.2%): Volunteer experience
What country are you from?
25 responses, 96.2% response rate
8 (32%): USA, UK
2 (8%): Australia, Romania
1 (4%): France, Netherlands, Philippines, Turkey, Germany
Tell us a (safe for work) joke and we’ll add the best ones to the January thread:
17 responses, 65.4% response rate
We got a lot of great answers (and 4 insulting yourselves, and 2 insulting the mods), here are our favorites:
Hey, I just invented a new word! Plagiarism.
Two chemists walk into a bar. The first one says, "I'll have some H2O.” The second one says, "I'll have some water, too," before turning to his colleague and asking, "why'd you say it like that? I know we're scientists, but ‘H2O’ is a weird thing to say in a social context." The other chemist simply glares into his glass, furious that his assassination attempt was thwarted.
There once was a man who owned a florist shop. Everything was going great, until a group of friars opened up a florist shop across the street. They had better prices, and everyone began to go to their shop. The man asked them to move, but they refused. He then demanded they move, and they still ignored him. He kept losing business, and eventually he was fed up. He went out and hired Hugh, the biggest, baddest man in town. Hugh then beat up the friars and destroyed their store. They then moved out, and the man's business recovered. The moral of the story is: Hugh, and only Hugh, can stop florist friars.
A bad limbo dancer walked into a bar.
If I told you a joke about a pencil, it would be pointless.
What’s your favorite band?
21 responses, 80.8% response rate
6 (28.6%): Multiple answers or no preference
2 (9.5%): chvrches, Phish
1 (4.8%): Alt-J, Barenaked Ladies, the Beatles, Black Eyed Peas, Coda, Gojira, Queen, Splashdown, Snoop Lion, Porter Robinson, Weebl’s Stuff
What’s your favorite word?
23 responses, 88.5% response rate
4 (17.4%): Multiple answers or no preference
2 (8.7%): Shtick
1 (4.3%): Marvelous, Rindfleischettikettierungsgesetzesüberwachungsbeamter, technology, labyrinth, eloquent, ambivalent, wet, indeed, sonder, home, lethargy, platypus, integras, entrepreneur, moist, shrub, flagella
Marvel or DC?
21 responses, 80.8% response rate
16 (76.2%): Marvel
5 (23.8%): DC
Dinosaurs or dragons?
25 responses, 96.2% response rate
11 (44%): Dragons
10 (40%): Both!
4 (16%): Dinosaurs
You can see the results from last year's survey here.