Content Moderation Appeals Experience Survey
Measures user perceptions of clarity, fairness, timeliness, and satisfaction with social media content moderation appeal processes. Designed for platform trust & safety teams seeking actionable feedback from users who have encountered moderation decisions.
Sample questions
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Which of the following best describes your experience with content moderation appeals in the past 12 months?
The following questions ask about your experience in the past 12 months. If you submitted an appeal, please think about your most recent one.
What was the outcome of your most recent appeal?
Overall, how satisfied are you with how the platform handles content moderation appeals?
Please rank the following aspects of an appeals process from most to least important to you.
If you could change one thing about the content moderation appeal experience, what would it be?
What is your age?
Thank you for completing this survey. Your feedback will help improve the clarity and fairness of content moderation appeal processes. Your responses are confidential and will be reported in aggregate only.
Which type of social media platform are you mainly thinking about when answering this survey?
Which steps of the appeal process were unclear or burdensome? Select all that apply.
Approximately how long did it take to receive the outcome of your most recent appeal?
How satisfied are you with how clearly the platform communicates about moderation decisions and appeal outcomes?
Based on your survey responses, we'd like to explore your appeals experience in a bit more depth. Please share any additional thoughts, and our AI moderator may ask a few follow-up questions.
How do you describe your gender?
How clear was the explanation of the policy your content was flagged for?
Thinking about your most recent appeal, how fair was the review process?
How likely are you to use the appeal process again if you receive a future moderation decision you disagree with?
If you selected 'Prefer to self-describe,' please share here (optional).
How clear were the instructions for submitting your appeal?
I believe the platform applied its policies consistently in my case.
In which region do you currently live?
How clear were the status updates provided during the review of your appeal?
I felt my perspective was genuinely considered during the appeal review.
What is the highest level of education you have completed?
How clear was the explanation of the final outcome of your appeal?
I trust that my appeal was reviewed by someone (or a process) that understood the context of my content.
What is your current employment status?
What’s included
AI follow-ups
Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.
Attention checks
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