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▲ 64 r/UXResearch

Rant: Researchers that steal

A former colleague used research I did, put my work in their portfolio, and was hired for a pretty fancy role (think FAANG adjacent). I found their portfolio online and was shocked - they put my work as their primary case study! The graphs, language, and outcomes were the same. This was a project I did independently that they were not involved in. It looked like they saved one of my reports and just redesigned it for their portfolio.

There's no point to this post besides the fact that I'm frustrated, and I've never hoped for someone to get fired or laid off, but I won't be sad for them if it happens.

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u/Itaintthateasy — 5 days ago
▲ 43 r/DACA

If you want to help us from the 39 Countries (3 minutes of your time)

  1. Go to Democracy.io.

  2. Put in your address.

  3. Write an email. Feel free to use this template, from uscis-pause-tracker.com/action, or write your own.

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Subject: Your constituents are losing their legal status. What are you doing about it?

>Dear [REPRESENTATIVE/SENATOR NAME],

>I am writing as your constituent in [YOUR STATE] about a crisis affecting lawful immigrants who already live and work inside the United States. This is not about the border. It is about people who are already here legally, who followed every rule, and whose lives are being destroyed by a policy most Americans have never heard of.

>Since December 2, 2025, USCIS has frozen all immigration benefit adjudications for nationals of 39 countries: green cards, work permits, naturalization, family petitions, everything. A separate hold has frozen over one million asylum applications. In total, over two million applications are indefinitely suspended. The agency promised guidance within 90 days. That deadline passed on March 3, 2026. USCIS has confirmed in court that the freeze continues indefinitely.

>These are not edge cases. USCIS has collected over $1 billion in fees for applications it now refuses to decide. People who completed every requirement for citizenship had their oath ceremonies canceled. Previously approved green cards are being retroactively reopened and reconsidered years after approval. And in a separate policy revision (PA-2025-26), USCIS now instructs its officers to treat an applicant's country of origin as a "significant negative discretionary factor," meaning that even cases that do get adjudicated face a system rigged against them based on nationality. No administration in over 70 years has ever claimed the authority to do any of this. Multiple federal courts are hearing challenges.

>Every day this continues, your constituents lose jobs, legal status, and the ability to remain in the country they call home. I need to know: What are you doing about this? Will you demand USCIS resume adjudications? Will you support oversight hearings?

>Your response matters. Thousands of affected constituents across [YOUR STATE] are waiting to hear where you stand.

>Sincerely,

>[YOUR NAME]

>[YOUR ADDRESS]

  1. That's it.

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Thank you, friends.

u/Itaintthateasy — 7 days ago
▲ 6 r/UXResearch

Quant research when I don’t like doing surveys. Is it possible?

I’m currently a Senior UXR at a Fortune 500. I’m mixed methods on paper and have a social and data science background. I’m comfortable with R and Python and I can survive in SQL. I don’t like doing survey research (sorry if I offend the survey methodologists here!). I can do it just fine, but in comparison to qual research, I find it harder to manage expectations. We don’t have access to a survey panel so getting a sufficient sample size is tough and “directional” insights are not enough. Sure, I can interview 10 people and feel confident in those insights. I can’t say the same for a quick survey. I just find survey research to be risky given all the constraints of my role.

Are there quant UXRs that don’t do survey work? For survey UXRs, how do you push back on survey requests that you know would yield bad insights? I’ve been interested in behavioral log analyses but I don’t hear UXRs talking about it.

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u/Itaintthateasy — 9 days ago
▲ 174 r/DACA

A poster from Nigeria vented her frustrations, and it was taken down. Why? There are 5000 posts a day of garbage TikToks, and we can't talk about what's happening?

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u/Itaintthateasy — 16 days ago
▲ 42 r/DACA

Look...the slowdowns and ban sucks, and it's making it really tough for us. Many of us immigrants were taught to keep our heads down and work hard, but we can't do that anymore. If your EAD has expired due to the slowdowns at USCIS or the 39 Country Ban, consider reaching out to your creditors for relief. The worst they can say is no (and they usually say yes).

Start with your biggest expense: rent or mortgage. Explain that there has been a delay in your immigration paperwork, and you have been out of a job. Hell, send them the same expedite request you sent to USCIS. Then, go down the list of all utilities. Some will say yes, some will say no. It doesn't matter, just ask. Most utility companies have relief for situations outside of our control. We do not control USCIS.

Good luck, everyone. Praying for us.

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u/Itaintthateasy — 21 days ago