✨Omona Census Survey Results!!!✨

[showminomoney.livejournal.com]

HEY OMONA!! It's done! 1163 of you lovely Omonians and readers took the survey, and the results are in! Let's take a look at how Omona has changed (or not) over the last 3 years:

Results!
General Data
The first thing to note is that this year we only had 1163 participants. Less than half of the 2639 that answered the last survey in 2013.
Age
Most of our fellow Omonians and readers fall in the 18-24 age bracket, but not surprisingly the community as a whole are a lot older now than we were in 2013. 42.3% of us fall into the 25-34 age bracket in 2016 while only 26% of Omonians did in 2013. (Hi fellow olds! <3)


Gender
Not a lot has changed with regards to the gender of our readership & users. 93% of Omonians identify as Female while we had a significant decrease in our Male population.


Sexuality
In the year 2016 Omona is gayer than ever! Only 53.2% identify as straight this year compared to the 73% of 2013. (s/o to my fellow Bi babes out there!)


Relationship Status
Omona is Sexy, Free, & Single! Ready to Bingo?

Employment Status

Race or Ethnicity


Current Region of Residence
So where do the Omonians live?

Do you know/are you learning Korean?
It's interesting to learn that a lot of us picked up some of the Korean language along the way. Has getting into Kpop ever made you want to visit Korea? Have you answered our dear lysblack's survey about it? Details here.

Where do you usually get your Korean pop culture news?
It's nice to know that we're your number 1 source for your Hallyu news needs.

How did you find out about Omona?
Hooray for Omona showing up when people search for KPop sites! We're glad you're here no matter how you found us.


How often do you visit Omona?

How many hours do you spend on Omona?
The '3+ hours' answers are probably the mods. We're on pretty much all day to help you guys out so don't hesitate to send us a message if you need help. (You can find the list of mods/maintainers on the Omonatheydidnt Profile Page)


How do you stay updated on new Omona posts?
Majority of you still prefer to get your news straight from the source.


Have you ever recommended Omona to your Kpop loving peers?


Are you a member of the Omonatheydidnt Livejournal Community?
Some would say that Livejournal is a dying platform, but we say it's totally still relevant. lol. If you want to get in on the fun there are links on how to join the comm at the bottom of this post.




Just Comm Member Things
If you answered 'Yes' to being a member of the OMNTD LJ Community you were brought to an extra page of questions regarding comm life. Here are the results:
How long have you been a member of Omona?

How often do you comment?
Way too many of you have said that you're too shy/intimidated to comment! Don't be! Omona is a place to share and discuss your faves. As long as you don't intend to antagonize, you'll be fine. :)

How often do you submit posts?
Omona runs on member contributions, without you we'd have nothing. So if you don't contribute, you can't complain about not seeing the posts or content that you want to see. We've put a link to instructions on how to make posts below. :)

Have you made friends on Omona?
Making friends isn't easy, and sometimes not really a priority, but most people on Omona are nice and friendly. Just send someone a message. Who knows, you might just find your new best friend here!


Do you find making friends within the community difficult?
Worry not! We heard you and we'll be bringing some friending memes back soonest.



FAQs & Comments

Why are there long periods of no posts? You need more mods!
We don't really need more mods, sometimes there just isn't any news or anything in the queue for hours. Sorry.
There's too many KPOP posts!
Omona was built on kpop. We don't know what to tell you...
More updates! More posts!! More content!!!
How To Make a Post. A helpful tip: Include stimulating questions at the end of your post to encourage discussion. :)
Here are some helpful topic suggestions that you guys have submitted:
- Music Recommendation Posts
- Korean Culture and/or Folklore
- Korean Beauty, Skincare, and/or Fashion
- K-Dramas & K-Movies
- Serious Korean News ie. The Sheet Mask Scandal, Modern Hanboks
- What happens at KCon other than the concerts?
- Random Featured Groups Each Month
- Music Show Round-Ups
- News on Korean Actors
- Pimp Posts
- Throwback Posts

More contests and engaging activities! More Omona originals! More discussion posts!
Omona is always open to members' original posts! If you have an idea for an original post, feel free to hit up a mod so that we can discuss it and help you out. :)
"y'all need to chill"
This is the internet and in essence people are allowed to say/do what they want. But also, maybe we can all try to be a little nicer when we post comments, okay? We're all here because we love Korean Pop Culture and it would be nice if we could make this a safe space for discussions. Drama is fun, but it does get tiring.


If you see users causing trouble don't hesitate to report them to one of our friendly neighborhood OPD Mods: opd_devil, opd_caya, opd_gyoza, opd_onewudidnt, opd_sith, opd_songbird

Helpful Links
How To Join Omona!
Membership is currently OPEN! (but still moderated of course) Come on in!

How To Make Posts!
Omona is what the members make it by what they submit. The best way to see posts that you want to see is to make a post yourself. It's so easy! :)

Thank you so much for participating! We hope that this info is useful and/or interesting for you. Feel free to discuss the results down in the comments. Or if you're one of our shy friends, come in and say Hi! Let's celebrate Omona going strong since 2009!!

just gonna keep this pinned for a day. it took too long for me to make this for you not to see it. lol

Comments

[myrrhcat.livejournal.com]

i'm not surprised that we're all single haha. what a bunch of nerds
surprised at how many straight ppl there are tho. continually forgetting that straight kpop fans exist. s/o to the other 43 lesbians on here

[haroobommi.livejournal.com]

"surprised at how many straight ppl there are tho. continually forgetting that straight kpop fans exist." mte lmao

[ohsnaplettes.livejournal.com]

wow i didn't know omona was created in 2009! such an iconic year for k-pop. i miss it.

you know what i also miss? omona lounge :) LET'S BRING IT BACK IN HONOUR OF THESE NEW CENSUS RESULTS

[showminomoney.livejournal.com]

Was it run by a mod? I wasn't around when it was open, so I don't really know anything about it.

[daikokudanji.livejournal.com]

I'm curious, dear fellow asexuals what are your guys ~specifications~? Are you romantic, aromantic, demi, gray, water type, fire?

I still get very confused about where i am in the asexual area, sometimes i think i may be aromatic or at least close to it and society fucked me over (like it does with all of us) forever and i will never truly know ):

[alleybetwixt.livejournal.com]

I think for a lot of us, "It's complicated" is accurate.

I see people in a very neutral way. I don't experience attraction of any kind until their behavior reveals character traits I respect/admire over a long period of time. Physical attractiveness is directly correlated to this. So this probably indicates 'demisexual'.

But once that is achieved (almost never happens), I develop a special attraction to men, which I don't feel for women. So I'm essentially straight. But even then, I would have zero motivation to pursue any romantic/sexual relationship with such a dude. I would just prefer their company more than most folks. I'm extremely introverted and crave solitude near constantly.


Trying to simplify... I'm somewhere under the 'gray ace umbrella'. Mind you, I really don't talk about this stuff or think about it much. I see the labels as merely helpful when expressly called for, but otherwise it's not a community or conversation I actively participate in.

[mya13.livejournal.com]

the two members under 13 show yourselves! lmao im jk.

have a good sunday everyone!

[showminomoney.livejournal.com]

I think one of them might just be trolling. Cause they put "prefer not to answer" and "other" in 6 of the questions and aren't even member. But they did leave us a long list of things they want the comm to change.

[phresine.livejournal.com]

"There's too many KPOP posts!" lmao okay.

[kar0n.livejournal.com]

I remember those daily u-kiss posts (my friend despised them lol). I wonder what happened to them.

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

i think you're talking about me!!! haha. i just lost interest in u-kiss.

[rosiemotleymind.livejournal.com]

Ayyyy at the bisexual number. And I'm still single. I'm not super surprised at the race number but it was pretty interesting. I need to make friends on here and I'll try more. Hello everyone I'm a Leo and I like rainy days and I don't like pina coladas.

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

We should have a friending meme soon ( ͡°( ͡° ͜ʖ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ʖ ͡°) ͡°)

[seulgibear.livejournal.com]

should we start an omona lonely hearts club?

[rosiemotleymind.livejournal.com]

Lmao we should. I don't know how sad it will be though.

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

WHEN YOU ANSWER OMONA IS #1 SOURCE ♥‿♥

[fabulousdoll.livejournal.com]

That gif <333333

This is random but I just wanted to say that I love you all for keeping omona alive!!
Even though I get sometimes frustrated with a couple of things (mostly related to other users than the community) this is still my fave place to talk about kpop and I want it to live forever XD
so thank you very much

[maknaeroli.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm excited about the friending memes bc I'm so awkward it's hard to make some buddies to talk about girl groups with lol!!

I like seeing all the info~!!! It looks really cool and omona is def my #1 source for kpop

[cairistiona.livejournal.com]

girl groups >>>

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

Dope post... Congratz!!!
(http://omonatheydidnt.livejournal.com/18958419.html)
lol but really thank you showminomoney for doing this and everyone who took the time to answer <3 :D

[showminomoney.livejournal.com]

Dope callback... Congratz!!! (i'm so proud of that dumb post! lmao)

I couldn't have done it without you and everyone here!! Thanks for participating, babes!! <3


fun fact: rottweilers are my dream dog

[haroobommi.livejournal.com]

s/o to my bi folks and my south americans!
also not in the survey but s/o to my girl group stans

[cairistiona.livejournal.com]

yes! this should have been a category ;)

[junhyosungs.livejournal.com]

i'm so sad i missed filling out the census :( this is just motivation now to visit more!!
s/o to all the other teenz on here <3

[boredpikachu.livejournal.com]

Oooh this is interesting to compare to the other place I get my kpop info from (r/kpop) and see how different and similar they are (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xR36jHGxMZpdMP-xlRtUPz2K8Kkou9gmSLMLD13Rvy4/viewanalytics#start=publishanalytics) (small % of people who identify as gay and those who are Hispanic)

s/out to 97 other Hispanics and 28 gay men who lurk here too!

[showminomoney.livejournal.com]

Yess! r/kpop is my go to for all the instant kpop news too! (I use the same username cause I'm uncreative like that)

It's so interesting to see men are in the majority over there. Not totally surprisng though, I've gotten into some... ugh... discussions (someone argued with me about the age of majority in countries when I called someone out for making a gross comment about the i.o.i whattaman unit.) So I just don't really comment as much anymore. lol

[pastelpinklace.livejournal.com]

I thot there'd be more latinos

[audiograms.livejournal.com]

i clicked on multi/mixed but I am part Taino. There might be more idk.

[showminomoney.livejournal.com]

Do you guys like my easter egg song choices? My kpop knowledge is so limited, so my bias is obviously showing... haha

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

yes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ucMKTfK-TU)!

[donaldjdrumpf.livejournal.com]

Sorry I didn't fill the survey out, I would've been the 65+ vote. I'm actually 70 and running for President, but people tell me all the time that I look 35. Amazing!

[opd-devil.livejournal.com]

I can't with this. Lol

[donaldjdrumpf.livejournal.com]

s/o to my fellow (loyal) Republicans!

[umbrella-smile.livejournal.com]

s/o to my fellow Bi babes out there!

[showminomoney.livejournal.com]

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

thats was really interesting! thank you OP, you're quickly becoming my new fave mod.

with that being said, i hope that in the future more people will start commenting on posts. dont be shy! omona is a fun place! i'm also thinking about new omona discussion topics so we can have more discussion posts in the future.

edit: p.s. s/o to the other 29 central europeans on omona. we're a rare species i guess

[showminomoney.livejournal.com]

Aww!! Yay!! haha <3

And yes! Your discussion posts are great! Keep them coming!

[bunnyfries.livejournal.com]

Huh, kind of interesting that Asians are only second in numbers on here, considering the music genre

Thanks for arranging the survey mods ^^

[chasing-thewind.livejournal.com]

wow interesting to read. :) thanks for all your hard work ;-)

[showminomoney.livejournal.com]

Thank you for yours! One of my main reasons for joining Omona was to comment on all your regular Day6 posts! <3

[kary1591.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for putting this together!! <3

I died with the "There's too many KPOP posts" one lmao aww.

And the song easter eggs were so fun ^^

It's a little sad that we lost half the members though =(

[showminomoney.livejournal.com]

I put two Infinite songs in there!! #yourimpact! <3 haha

[madielou.livejournal.com]

when it got to sexuality i had an existential crisis tbh
"am i this...but i think im this...no,,maybe this, shit shit ill just choose other"


lol @ how a vast majority of us are single.

[showminomoney.livejournal.com]

And to think someone left a comment saying the sexuality selection shouldn't have an "other" option if we wanted specifics. haha Personally I view sexuality as a fluid thing and not really something that's easy to define. The labels can be helpful, but no one should feel like they have to fall into any specific group. :)