Comments on: I’m Taking a Survey… On Surveys. http://www.dr1665.com/2009/05/im-taking-a-survey-on-surveys/ gearhead philosopher Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Endless Monkeys http://www.dr1665.com/2009/05/im-taking-a-survey-on-surveys/#comment-644 Endless Monkeys Thu, 21 May 2009 21:07:18 +0000 http://www.dr1665.com/?p=327#comment-644 "So my question to you: Do you think surveys should always offer a dissenting option?"<br><br>Nope. The nature of any survey is typically to gauge public opinion about a certain subject, it's rarely to be used in any way other than to say "people LOVE this, or people love this, or they don't care." Offering a contrasting opinion is rarely the goal of a poll. So should they? Nope. Would it be nice? Honestly, it'd be annoying. When someone is shoving a survey into my face, I really am not looking to engage them in debate.<br><br>Just my two cents. Should I:<br><br>a) shove it<br>b) shove it HARD<br>c) waffle cones bitch!<br>d) get with the shoving “So my question to you: Do you think surveys should always offer a dissenting option?”

Nope. The nature of any survey is typically to gauge public opinion about a certain subject, it's rarely to be used in any way other than to say “people LOVE this, or people love this, or they don't care.” Offering a contrasting opinion is rarely the goal of a poll. So should they? Nope. Would it be nice? Honestly, it'd be annoying. When someone is shoving a survey into my face, I really am not looking to engage them in debate.

Just my two cents. Should I:

a) shove it
b) shove it HARD
c) waffle cones bitch!
d) get with the shoving

]]> By: Endless Monkeys http://www.dr1665.com/2009/05/im-taking-a-survey-on-surveys/#comment-460 Endless Monkeys Thu, 21 May 2009 14:07:18 +0000 http://www.dr1665.com/?p=327#comment-460 "So my question to you: Do you think surveys should always offer a dissenting option?"<br><br>Nope. The nature of any survey is typically to gauge public opinion about a certain subject, it's rarely to be used in any way other than to say "people LOVE this, or people love this, or they don't care." Offering a contrasting opinion is rarely the goal of a poll. So should they? Nope. Would it be nice? Honestly, it'd be annoying. When someone is shoving a survey into my face, I really am not looking to engage them in debate.<br><br>Just my two cents. Should I:<br><br>a) shove it<br>b) shove it HARD<br>c) waffle cones bitch!<br>d) get with the shoving “So my question to you: Do you think surveys should always offer a dissenting option?”

Nope. The nature of any survey is typically to gauge public opinion about a certain subject, it's rarely to be used in any way other than to say “people LOVE this, or people love this, or they don't care.” Offering a contrasting opinion is rarely the goal of a poll. So should they? Nope. Would it be nice? Honestly, it'd be annoying. When someone is shoving a survey into my face, I really am not looking to engage them in debate.

Just my two cents. Should I:

a) shove it
b) shove it HARD
c) waffle cones bitch!
d) get with the shoving

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