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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-01-08 11:33 PM
Response to Reply #49
52. It might make you feel better if I quote the researcher's answer to my question:
"We are randomly selecting both threads from three forums and participants in those threads using a random number generator."
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  -Some of you may have received a private message asking you to participate in an online survey. Skinner  Nov-01-08 08:53 PM   #0 
  - Admit it, Skinner...this "researcher" is DU's GROVELBOT...in Human Form...  KoKo01   Nov-01-08 08:56 PM   #1 
  - Oh, for fuck sakes. A grovelbot conspiracy? Switch to de-caf!  Lil Missy   Nov-02-08 01:09 AM   #61 
  - Wrong  drmeow   Nov-02-08 01:17 AM   #63 
  - And that answers that.  lonestarnot   Nov-01-08 08:57 PM   #2 
  - SurveyResearch2008 figures if we "diddle on a park bench" we need to know that  KoKo01   Nov-01-08 09:03 PM   #3 
     - Watchers watching watchers watching watchers watching watchers.  lonestarnot   Nov-01-08 09:11 PM   #6 
        - LOL! We could open a Stalker's Temp Agency!  sfexpat2000   Nov-01-08 11:41 PM   #57 
           - Stalker's R US.  lonestarnot   Nov-02-08 08:18 AM   #72 
  - K&R  Lisa0825   Nov-01-08 09:05 PM   #4 
  - Not a big fan of unsolicited junk mail from outsiders...  libnnc   Nov-01-08 09:10 PM   #5 
  - I'm tired, but I think I read "long-time DUer" somewhere.  lonestarnot   Nov-01-08 09:13 PM   #7 
  - what?  libnnc   Nov-01-08 09:14 PM   #8 
  - Nevermind.  lonestarnot   Nov-01-08 09:15 PM   #9 
  - So '"researcher's" name was changed to protect the spammer. n/t  greguganus   Nov-01-08 09:27 PM   #15 
  - Oy Vey.  OPERATIONMINDCRIME   Nov-01-08 09:27 PM   #17 
  - I got an invitation within the last few hours and I'm glad that I saw another  Mind_your_head   Nov-01-08 09:17 PM   #10 
  - I'm sure that social scientists are already tracking  liberalhistorian   Nov-01-08 09:26 PM   #14 
  - I guess I just don't understand what's the big deal.  Skinner   Nov-01-08 09:27 PM   #16 
     - I doubt it's "academic research" - that's not how it is done.  Mind_your_head   Nov-01-08 09:34 PM   #20 
     - Hey Skinner, et al......  Mind_your_head   Nov-01-08 09:39 PM   #22 
     - Nonsense.  TahitiNut   Nov-01-08 10:00 PM   #31 
     - Oh noes!!!  endthewar   Nov-02-08 04:22 PM   #82 
     - So long as they only use volunteers, it seems fine by me.  Random_Australian   Nov-02-08 09:52 PM   #88 
     - Blocked'em  Whoa_Nelly   Nov-01-08 10:14 PM   #34 
  - Is DU getting paid?  Laelth   Nov-01-08 09:19 PM   #11 
  - DU is not getting paid.  Skinner   Nov-01-08 09:29 PM   #18 
     - Oh sure, thats what I told the ladies  Froward69   Nov-01-08 09:40 PM   #23 
     - lol  vanderRock   Nov-01-08 09:56 PM   #29 
     - Damn, that tactic never worked for me.  progressoid   Nov-01-08 10:03 PM   #32 
     - Thanks for the reply.  Laelth   Nov-01-08 09:45 PM   #26 
        - We will have access to the final product.  Skinner   Nov-01-08 09:51 PM   #27 
  - Oh, you'd just like us to THINK it's completely voluntary for us to read our private mailboxes  sfexpat2000   Nov-01-08 09:19 PM   #12 
  - I'm pissed I didn't get this survey  proud2Blib   Nov-02-08 02:14 AM   #71 
     - It's not against DU rules for you to be outraged AND combative for no reason.  sfexpat2000   Nov-02-08 01:33 PM   #80 
  - I had no problem until I was asked the weight of my penis.  rug   Nov-01-08 09:21 PM   #13 
  - Oh noes.  lizzy   Nov-01-08 09:34 PM   #19 
  - When you figure it out, PM the rest of us so we can get that one right.  sfexpat2000   Nov-01-08 09:38 PM   #21 
  - Shhhhh, you weren't supposed to tell anyone! Oh wait, I don't have a penis.  Cerridwen   Nov-01-08 09:43 PM   #24 
  - I had to go to Publix and borrow the scale at the deli to answer that one. nt  Incitatus   Nov-01-08 10:56 PM   #43 
  - LOL Right into the gutter. So..... Did you tell them? n/t  FM Arouet666   Nov-01-08 10:59 PM   #46 
  - Oops- wrong place  hisownpetard   Nov-02-08 08:39 AM   #73 
  - I got it, and participated  itsjustme   Nov-01-08 09:44 PM   #25 
  - Sucker! n/t  Mind_your_head   Nov-01-08 09:54 PM   #28 
     - eh, what's the worst thing that could happen?  rucky   Nov-01-08 10:16 PM   #35 
        - They will use the information to replicate you, take over your life,  A-Schwarzenegger   Nov-01-08 10:34 PM   #37 
           - Too late. I already had teenagers.  sfexpat2000   Nov-01-08 10:37 PM   #39 
              - Heh.  A-Schwarzenegger   Nov-01-08 10:52 PM   #42 
              - DUzy level  Jamastiene   Nov-02-08 10:01 AM   #76 
  - I got one ... and gladly participated in it.  TahitiNut   Nov-01-08 09:58 PM   #30 
  - How did you "know" this was legitimate research? eom  Mind_your_head   Nov-01-08 10:04 PM   #33 
     - Perhaps I use a better grade of tinfoil than you do.  TahitiNut   Nov-01-08 11:17 PM   #47 
  - I think it's legit. The questions were harmless, and they don't ask anything personal.  quantessd   Nov-01-08 10:31 PM   #36 
  - k&r with thanks for the explanation. nt  uppityperson   Nov-01-08 10:35 PM   #38 
  - don't take the brown survey!  foo_bar   Nov-01-08 10:39 PM   #40 
  - Why wouldn't you ask a mod or an admin at that point?  sfexpat2000   Nov-01-08 10:46 PM   #41 
     - the problem is, the PM specifically asked the recipient not to contact an admin  foo_bar   Nov-01-08 11:27 PM   #50 
        - I do see your point. I just can't imagine a situation where I wouldn't ask  sfexpat2000   Nov-01-08 11:34 PM   #53 
  - Talk about paranoia  FM Arouet666   Nov-01-08 10:56 PM   #44 
  - I got it  Azimov   Nov-01-08 10:58 PM   #45 
  - Do it if you're bored.  quantessd   Nov-01-08 11:20 PM   #48 
  - GREAT! Another thing to add to my list of things I didn't get an invite to  Nasprin   Nov-01-08 11:25 PM   #49 
  - It might make you feel better if I quote the researcher's answer to my question:  A-Schwarzenegger   Nov-01-08 11:33 PM   #52 
     - Thanks A.  Nasprin   Nov-01-08 11:56 PM   #59 
        - Snubbed by a random number generator.  A-Schwarzenegger   Nov-02-08 01:10 AM   #62 
        - Well, that's not okay.  sfexpat2000   Nov-02-08 01:26 AM   #64 
           - LOL. n/t  Nasprin   Nov-02-08 01:47 AM   #65 
  - the reactions here are so funny  itsjustme   Nov-01-08 11:31 PM   #51 
  - "people who look for ulterior motives in EVERYTHING"  Beam Me Up   Nov-02-08 01:19 AM   #67 
     - Good grief. It's not like they can split the atom with our responses.  sfexpat2000   Nov-02-08 01:28 AM   #68 
     - LoL  Beam Me Up   Nov-02-08 02:09 AM   #70 
     - They can use our data to bring us down from within.  Jamastiene   Nov-02-08 05:44 PM   #84 
  - "It SEEMED like something worthwhile?" "We have not read...the survey itself?" I never thought  Redstone   Nov-01-08 11:34 PM   #54 
  - Are you picking a fight over this survey about conflict on DU?  sfexpat2000   Nov-01-08 11:37 PM   #55 
  - think what the survey people will do with this thread  itsjustme   Nov-01-08 11:44 PM   #58 
     - Oh, so now we're strangely upset, are we?!  sfexpat2000   Nov-02-08 01:01 AM   #60 
        - hehe  itsjustme   Nov-02-08 09:21 AM   #74 
  - think MOUNTAIN, now molehill, get it? n/t  itsjustme   Nov-01-08 11:39 PM   #56 
  - Yea god forbid Skinner take somebody at their word  Hippo_Tron   Nov-02-08 01:54 AM   #69 
  - i'm kicking this and i don't even know what the fuck i'm kicking!  orleans   Nov-02-08 01:59 AM   #66 
  - The survey doesn't give any information about me that 'They' don't already have  lunatica   Nov-02-08 09:46 AM   #75 
  - I did it. Its not all that well constructed for their stated purposes, but they'll get some data  aikoaiko   Nov-02-08 11:03 AM   #77 
  - kick  maddezmom   Nov-02-08 11:19 AM   #78 
  - After the big buildup I thought it was going to be a lot more interesting!  MPK   Nov-02-08 11:38 AM   #79 
  - Thank You For Your Participation  SurveyResearch2008   Nov-02-08 03:07 PM   #81 
  - Oh My....that's interesting additional info....n/t  KoKo01   Nov-02-08 09:04 PM   #86 
  - Ah, OK ... I deleted their message - figured they were trolls or something. n/t  codjh9   Nov-02-08 04:23 PM   #83 
     - They can't possibly be trolls.  sfexpat2000   Nov-02-08 05:47 PM   #85 
        - lol, good spellers  upi402   Nov-02-08 09:09 PM   #87 
           - Spelling has always been the wizard's art.  Beam Me Up   Nov-03-08 03:04 AM   #89 
 

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