another brick in the wall part II
I’m all about the higher education, and I’m also all about the helping people out.
So check it:
A graduate student at the University of Florida is doing a research study on you – the readers of this blog. There is a survey she would like you to complete & it takes less than 10 minutes. The survey asks basic questions about you & your reading of this blog. You can take the survey here until April 30. Please do not trackback to this post or survey since the point of her study is to actually understand you as a reader of my blog rather than people who find the survey through other links. Thanks!
Hey, we all waste spend time taking those silly “Which Fark Cliche Are You? and What Ice Cream Flavor Are Your Boots? surveys, right? (I’m Domo Kun and Mint Chocolate Chip, if you were wondering) so if you’ve got a few minutes to kill today, why not help this grad student out? I hear you can cash the karma in for one green light when you’re running late.
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I cannot thank the 1,074 readers of WWDN (& Wil for posting this) enough for participating in this survey. I now have all the data I need & the survey is closed.
I look forward to sharing the results with you in June!
Thanks again to everyone.
Always glad to help another grad student…my thesis sure would be going anywhere if people didn’t do my survey.
Ah, shucks! The survey is already CLOSED. Is it already April 30??
Goes to show what happens when I don’t check in at midnight instead of noon…
So, just perchance, did “anyone” happen to keep a copy of the questions on the survey, so those of us who missed it can see what they were? I’m really curious about the “political” aspect.
Too bad, I missed out on the survey. 🙁
I finished reading Dancing Barefoot the other day and would like to comment, now. The thing about your writing, Wil, is that it puts the reader right in your shoes. I don’t think you are a Dostoyevsky or a Shakespeare, but I do think you have an uncanny knack for allowing the reader to see where you are coming from and to feel your feelings… something like that. Keep writing! I hope you do. I am happy to have purchased the book in support of your ability.
Thank you,
…
Dear Mr. Fekete,
Didn’t save the survey…but let’s just say that our friend Mr. Wheaton has some pretty eye-opening observations on Benito Mussolini….
A bit too “US-centric,” but otherwise a fine poll. ‘Twas fun.
Wow.
You got 1,000 people to make time to support a grad student project in less than half a day.
Now, THAT’S a following.
I’m sorry I checked in late today and couldn’t be a part of it.
Yeah, me too! *pouts* Not fair.
Wil should feel extrasuperspecial popular today that on the day he posts that survey request over 1000 people respond.
Die insecure feelings, die!
Very sad… I missed out on getting to take it too. And it’s not the 30th yet… :^(
Never had a chance to participate. *sigh*
Keep up the good work, Wil. I plan on getting your book for the library. I’m a librarian, I can do that. ;> Any chance on getting a signed copy?
Darn- over 1070 people already beat me to it. Oh well. I guess I should check Wil’s site more often than once every few hours. Every 30 minutes maybe? 🙂 But darn, then I’d have to blow off /. and my AD&D game to check the blog.
Guess I’d better re-prioritize my life, and get my life back on track!
You rock Wil!
Nice tribute to this community,over a thousand resposnses in half a day. Next time somebody says we’re a bunch of phantoms…….you guys are great
You’d think that me having your page as my homepage woulda got me to be able to fill that survey out…but everyone beat me to it!
Stinky ol’ time zone change (I’m in Brisbane, Australia…)
This is what I get for not checking your site first thing today…the survey is closed! 🙁
My Bad!
I, as well, was too late to help this college student with her studies. Best of luck to her anyway!
Oh, and uh, Nutsack Squirrel and Moose Tracks if anyone’s curious.
She should at least left it up so the people who were too late could look at it.
Aw, boo-hoo-hoo. :^( I missed the boat — and I really wanted to complete the survey. It’s not often am I willing to do that. Well, it will be interesting to see what the results will be like.
Have a nice day everyone! :^)
Survey is closed, fellow readers beat me to it. Since I was going to answer the survey do I still get the Karma?
well damn. I thought that would be my good deed for the day. Should have goofed off today instead of working. Oh well. I hope it is a worthwhile survey for her.
Thats what I get for not checking the blog until the end of the day. The survey is already closed.
She should leave the quenstions up anyway. I am interested in what was asked.
-steve
stoopid full time dairy queen job makes me miss fun stuff. boooo
Sidelined again!
I was actually starting to think I could be just like the cool people, then reality struck. I was too late. The survey didn’t want me.
Its just like knowing your going to be the last one picked in a gradeschool ballgame, only to discover that you can’t play because the teams aren’t even.
Bah Humbug!
Apparently she totally missed out on important target groups: all those European readers who read WWDN primarily during their working day, and all Asian readers who aren’t online until deep in the night.
How very 20th century of her, not to consider international audiences.
(At least she got those of us who check for updates every five minutes, all around the world.)
Wil, could you perhaps post a copy of the questionnaire so that the 48,927 monkeys who missed out on this one do get their (our) chance to self-reflect? Please? I feel left out. Big time.
This survey obviously will not give statistically relevant results. The surveyor closed the survey when 1070 people gave their answers. That means she will mostly get results from people who (a) were awake when the post went up (probably US citizens), (b) are on the Internet very often, (c) visit Wil’s site very often, and (d) enjoy taking surveys. Granted, (d) is difficult to avoid (any survey has this problem), but (a) to (c) mean she will get seriously skewed results. So, it’s nice she will post her results, but I am afraid they are meaningless. Which makes it all too clear that she’s only an undergrad.
Woops, too late to take the survey. Pity though, I could’ve used the good karma…might’ve kept me from locking my keys in my car this morning :-).
Oh well…hope she gets some good data!
Do I get the good Karma for going to try and fill it in?
It’s not my fault it was already closed.
I know just which light I want to be green, too…
Poop! 1,070 people beat me to it!
*pout* I tried yesterday, but couldn’t get through. Thought I’d check again this morning, but now it’s closed. No fair!
/sulking in the corner…:(
This survey was a lot of fun, but I think the questions have the potential to be mocked/abused. And don’t be offended by the answers to “I find Wil Wheaton attractive.” 😉
It’s quite funny to read some of the comment about Kaye (CIA?!) and any hidden meaning behind her survey. In the small world department, I have played poker with her husband who happens to be the UF webmaster. She’s a straight up gal… you don’t have to worry about her sending your data off to some nefarious government think tank. Kudos to Wil for motivating his readers to particpate, I know she has been very excited about her blog-related research. Now if only I could have motivated Wil to join our Trivia team this past weekend. 🙂
Wouldn’t it be better for research’s sake if she let as many people fill it out that chose to within a week or so, and THEN randomly cut it down to 1000 from those? (if she doesn’t want such a large number, that is)
Although, all research is biased anyway 🙂
Oh well, I *tried* to take it yesterday but the site was down, and by the time I checked it again it was closed. Too bad!
the pain and confooosledom of those who were not able to scale the god-like heights of immortality connected with successfully answering the latest Wil-Questionnaire Thingy is more than….how you say in eenglish…worrisome…it’s….OK….Wil does not love you any less because you chose to live your usual life rather than be glued to this his site 24/7….you can go on about your lives as if nothing happened….Many folk in Europe hardly noticed WW11….they had corn-pops to buy….you see…it’s all a matter of degree…don’t thank me…
Hey Wil: when they asked if I thought you were extremely attractive, I just had to kinda well say ahem “strongly disagree”…nothing personal buddy. It was well…like that scene in Trains, pLanes and Automobiles:
Where’s your hand?
Between two pillows.
Those aren’t pillows!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, how bout them Bears? (whoof, oh man…)
I’m sure you had enough ex-teeny bopper Wesley-poster-kissing readers to get your numbers up in that category, dude.
Peter
Cripes…i LOVED that question about finding Wil attractive….soooooo totally loaded and funny….he-he…
i think i put neutral….i thought about…”Highly Agree”…but then i thought….”Wil might read this….find me sensitive and spiritual….decide to leave Anne and the kids for me…Do you have any idea of the sort of pressure that would be for Wil…me…Anne…the kids….my wife”?
Cripes…life is one angry whore in tight shoes….
Dang, I didn’t get a chance to waste any of my time on the survey!!!
Not to nitpick but…
Just an FYI in the strictest sense of the term there is no such thing as good karma. Karma is gained in your current and previous lives and once you rid yourself of all of it you attain Nirvana.
Let it be known that I will NEVER help a Gator in any way, shape or form.
Go Dawgs!