A Survey...

[megabond]

Hello there! I'm conducting an unofficial survey regarding Retrospec. It's not mandatory, but considering the strange events we've been experiencing, it would be wise for me to know how many users are affected to this. The survey is down below and it is okay if you don't fill out the form below.

1. When did you first obtain the Retrospec app?

2. Did you try to uninstall this app?

3. Have you tried showing this app to anyone other than the users?

4. Have you receive a package from Retrospec?

5. Did you experience a strange event related to this app?

6. Have you met some Retrospec users in person?

I can't tell you the reasons for putting up this survey, but if you want, you can just reply to me about your experiences in this app without filling out the survey form above me.

Thank you in advance!

Comments

[standalonehuman]

The site went live on January the 31st with an original user base of 101 people. The March 1st update added approximately an additional 60 users, but it's harder to tell the exact number now just by observation. Some people are keeping quieter. Your results should have just one of those two dates.

If someone has left the city, they seem to have disappeared off this site. So the total user number is less than 161. I've attempted to contact my former colleague, Officer Amicia, who left Recolle for personal reasons, but either he no longer has access, or was removed from the site.

[megabond]

I joined the site during launch in January, so I'm one of the original users.

Did you talked to Amicia before he left?

[standalonehuman]

Not about what was happening with Retrospec, no.

[true_noir]

1. January 31, I think?

2. Several times, and bought a new phone since it was time to renew. It was already downloaded.

3. Yes, they can't see it.

4. Yes, a fork.

5. Horses are now birds, fruit dances, and I have seen strange visions, so yes.

6. Several

Are you trying to keep a record of all of this information, to pool resources?

[megabond]

[As he expected, she also saw some visions and received some packages, but...]

A fork? You mean a kitchen utensil?

[true_noir]

A fondue fork to be exact. I saw it later in a vision. It is a memento of sorts of someone I have seen in those visions.

[madcuriosity]

1. Just this month when Mr. Lee gave me a phone.

2. Yes, I thought it was a virus!

3. No, I hadn't thought to. My phone is always off during school.

4. No, I don't think so?

5. A strange event? In what way?

6. I have! They've been very nice!

[megabond]

Events that are out of the ordinary in this city. Everyone in Retrospec experienced them once or twice now.

You haven't noticed until now?

[madcuriosity]

I most certainly did, thank you. But what I might see as strange, and what you think of strange are most certainly not going to be the same. More than that, I'm not about to go making myself look foolish by saying something when that isn't what you meant.

[accordance]

Will you be publishing the results? Perhaps as a proportion of users who have experienced a strange event and those who have not?

[megabond]

Yes. It also might help to others who are also investigating these strange events just like me. The more people, the better.

[accordance]

That is good to here.

This is my response to your survey:

1. Early this month.

2. Yes, but to no avail.

3. After advice that non-users cannot see it, I have not.

4. No.

5. Yes. I have had a few daylight dreams, if it counts.

6. Yes.

[frostythehitman]

Why the secrecy about the survey? Isn't that scientifically illegal? Don't you have to disclose what all surveys and experiments are for, or else it's unethical?

[megabond]

This is not an experiment. This is just a way for everyone to know how many of us were affected by the events connected to this app.

Besides, telling you my reasons might get me in trouble with the administrators of this app.

[frostythehitman]

You're still asking for information from me without explaining what you're using it for. That still counts as unethical.

And if you're that worried about Retrospec slamming down the banhammer on you for it, we can always take this off-app. But I'm not answering your survey until I know what this is for.

[commandertoolbelt]

1. idk sometime this month?

2. yeah but it didn't work.

3. i asked my mom about it, but she didn't even see it when i showed it to her. kind of like she doesn't notice how weird the dancing fruit is, like i'm the crazy one.

4. no, thank god. how do they even get your address? they're like internet stalkers

5. what does that even mean

6. yeah. kind of hard to avoid when i go to school with some of them.

[megabond]

Any events that seem out of the ordinary just like the dancing fruit you've mentioned.

And I've agreed with your answer on the fourth question. I'm worried about the young users in here if this app got their information.

[commandertoolbelt]

uh aside from suddenly realizing that chocobos aren’t the norm?
i had this dream about a babysitter i never had but i figured that was just dreams being dreams so i dunno

wait, what do you mean by “young” users?
i’m in high school and i thought that was the youngest most of us got on this app
they can’t be targeting little kids right? because that’s even creepier

[spes_phthisica]

1. almost two months ago now

2. yep... i even made a clone of my phone and purged it and the moment i put it on again it installed even before i had restored the data :/

3. yes, not possible

4. no

5. it showed a video that looks like it had been recorded in my doctor's office without my consent and talking about stuff very few people know about. similar stuff seemed to happen to others. and then there's all the general weirdness that has happened after getting the app, and the fact that i remember a couple of things that never happened to me now.

6. yes, a couple of them are old friends and one is my cousin.

[megabond]

[The video incident. Once he read the answer on the fifth question, he just groans at the memory regarding it.]

Regarding how you tried to clone and purged it, did it restored most of the data itself?

[spes_phthisica]

i mean since even with my phone completely empty of all my other stuff the app still installed
i just gave up and restored the rest without fussing with it too much

text.

[manolia]

1. The first of March.

2. You didn't think I'd seriously just leave it there? I tried everything I could - uninstalled, normal factory reset, flashed a new ROM... Had to send my phone back because it was a fire hazard also :( :( :( :( and Retrospec was on the new one. Whatever they're doing, it's some pretty advanced tracking. I'm impressed.

3. [give him a moment to be bitter about having like, no friends!! okay, now that that's over] No. I wonder if they'd even register it.

4. Thank God, no. I'll, uh, keep an eye on my mailbox.

5. My life is, seemingly, a strange event related to this app. I've been having odd dreams, but I can't say for sure whether they're related, or whether I just haven't been sleeping enough.

6. We all live in the same city, so far as I can tell; it'd be hard not to, wouldn't it?

Re: text.

[megabond]

I see.

[He can't argue with these answers considering they are similar to any answers he read so far.]

Regardless, thanks for your input.

[beastenderblood]

1. March
2. Nah man
3. I don't go about showing people my phones?
4. Little coin thing but that's about it
5. Life itself is already a strange conundrum
6. Most def

[megabond]

Is that all? Can you tell me more about the coin you've mentioned?