I like data. No, really. Whenever there’s something I can measure or perform statistics on, I do. I like to graph my weight over time, find correlations between silly variables like doucheyness vs. time spent dating a guy, and create networks that diagram which of my friends have kissed each other (it’s a frightening web).
Don’t worry, you don’t have to make out with anyone against your will. But I would like you to complete a short survey!
I’m mainly curious about some of the general demographics of my readers, what you guys like about the blog, and what I can do to improve it in the future. I figure now is a great time to start collecting this sort of data. My blog is creeping up on it’s first birthday, and I think it would be pretty neat to have a regular data set throughout my years of blogging. Wouldn’t it be cool to see how it changes over time? I didn’t ask as many questions as I could have because 1) I’m limited to 10 and 2) I didn’t want to annoy you guys. But I still like getting a general idea!
Feel free to post comments and complaints in this post as well, though I have allotted you a free response question on the survey if you’d like to make a completely anonymous comment. I promise this isn’t a nefarious scheme to sell your demographic information to some mega corporation – at most the data may be posted anonymously as a couple graphs in a later post.
Veritas says
I bet you can tell which entry is mine!
Veritas says
I bet you can tell which entry is mine!
Joé McKen says
Whereas, mine’s so generic you probably can’t tell it apart from others. =P
Joé McKen says
Whereas, mine’s so generic you probably can’t tell it apart from others. =P
Frank Bellamy says
why are all the labels (atheist, agnostic, etc) capitalized?
Frank Bellamy says
why are all the labels (atheist, agnostic, etc) capitalized?
Jen says
Frank: Just for grammatical reasons. Notice all the options for all the questions are capitalized. Don't freak out ;)
Joe: I can tell which one is yours because you put "=P" in the free response, no? Hehe.
Jen says
Frank: Just for grammatical reasons. Notice all the options for all the questions are capitalized. Don’t freak out ;)Joe: I can tell which one is yours because you put “=P” in the free response, no? Hehe.
Joé McKen says
… Fucknuggets. I gotta stop using those. (Or chatting, which is where I acquired the habit.)
Joé McKen says
… Fucknuggets. I gotta stop using those. (Or chatting, which is where I acquired the habit.)
BeamStalk says
Done, and more sexy pirate outfits is always a good thing.
BeamStalk says
Done, and more sexy pirate outfits is always a good thing.
Nicholas Goldsmith says
Awesome survey! I loved the inclusion of Transgender and Asexual in some of the demographic questions!
Nicholas Goldsmith says
Awesome survey! I loved the inclusion of Transgender and Asexual in some of the demographic questions!
BathTub says
Yes more sexy pirates!
You should have included the book review in 'how we heard of you', I think I heard of that through pharyngula, so I put pharyngula.
BathTub says
Yes more sexy pirates!You should have included the book review in ‘how we heard of you’, I think I heard of that through pharyngula, so I put pharyngula.
Rev. Ouabache says
Done and done. You'll know which one is mine because I'm pretty sure I'm the only Discordian that reads your blog. (You are all popes though, so there!)
Rev. Ouabache says
Done and done. You’ll know which one is mine because I’m pretty sure I’m the only Discordian that reads your blog. (You are all popes though, so there!)
Marcus says
So, anyone not say yes to the sexy pirate outfit option? Anyone? Anyone? OK, cool. Any chance you could find somewhere that charges a little less for the t shirts, as awesome as that design is.
Marcus says
So, anyone not say yes to the sexy pirate outfit option? Anyone? Anyone? OK, cool. Any chance you could find somewhere that charges a little less for the t shirts, as awesome as that design is.
Jen says
Marcus: Unfortunately nearly all print to order shirt sites cost the same :(
And as for the sexy pirate outfit option, I'm pretty sure that's winning, regardless of gender or sexual orientation, haha
Jen says
Marcus: Unfortunately nearly all print to order shirt sites cost the same :(And as for the sexy pirate outfit option, I’m pretty sure that’s winning, regardless of gender or sexual orientation, haha
Jaki says
I love surveys! I should have put that I want more of them. Damn!
Jaki says
I love surveys! I should have put that I want more of them. Damn!
BeamStalk says
Well Jen, you never said who would be in a sexy pirate outfit, so it works for everyone.
BeamStalk says
Well Jen, you never said who would be in a sexy pirate outfit, so it works for everyone.
J. James says
Sweet. I need to do this for my blog. I bet my mom would respond.
J. James says
Sweet. I need to do this for my blog. I bet my mom would respond.
Sili says
Nah, you're awesomeful enough already.
On the other hand if the sexy pirate outfit option refers to the (not so) sooperseekrit boyfriend, we might be open for negotiation.
Sili says
Nah, you’re awesomeful enough already.On the other hand if the sexy pirate outfit option refers to the (not so) sooperseekrit boyfriend, we might be open for negotiation.
thewrittenwordreviews says
Completed the survey :) I've given my email in the Question box also.
thewrittenwordreviews says
Completed the survey :) I’ve given my email in the Question box also.