University College London should be advising students NOT to do this. It goes against research ethics.
1. This is meant to be a safe site not a resource for researchers
2. It is an uncontrolled source of subjects - you don't know enough about the make up of this population and you cannot rule out bogus respondents.
3. There are confidentiality issues. Even using codes, personal details or details of resources can be disclosed.
4. You are asking people to trust you with personal information. Just being at UCL isn't enough
5. You are asking about children. There are very strict guidelines about asking about children
6. As a researcher at UCL you should not bring the university into disrepute. Doing this damages the image of your university.
7. You can fail in assessed research if you don't set up your data gathering correctly. If it is not to get a degree, you can expose your research to serious criticism when you come to publish.
8. If you post on a website you should read the rules, and it is polite to ask before doing this.
Honestly people like you bring serious research into disrepute
University College London should be advising students NOT to do this. It goes against research ethics.
1. This is meant to be a safe site not a resource for researchers
2. It is an uncontrolled source of subjects - you don't know enough about the make up of this population and you cannot rule out bogus respondents.
3. There are confidentiality issues. Even using codes, personal details or details of resources can be disclosed.
4. You are asking people to trust you with personal information. Just being at UCL isn't enough
5. You are asking about children. There are very strict guidelines about asking about children
6. As a researcher at UCL you should not bring the university into disrepute. Doing this damages the image of your university.
7. You can fail in assessed research if you don't set up your data gathering correctly. If it is not to get a degree, you can expose your research to serious criticism when you come to publish.
8. If you post on a website you should read the rules, and it is polite to ask before doing this.
Honestly people like you bring serious research into disrepute
