No worries, friend. I explained more in the tags, but I guess you didn’t see them. 

Basically, the project is me setting up a fake profile and analyzing the types of responses that I receive. I’m not responding to them, nor will I waste their time other than the initial reach out. 

I chose discourse analysis, and, using a feminist lens, I’ll be seeing how gender relations are implicated in what they say. Language is always performative. 

Believe me, no ethics board in their right mind would allow me to go undercover in person, let alone the fact that I wouldn’t dream of doing so. Ew.

Thank you! Since I’m in Criminology, I’m considering analyzing how crime is sensationalized, even fetishized, in fics, or I could take a community root and collect opinions on how people interact online and how they negotiate the risks of facing potential predators.