Author Topic: Geekhack Census? (Read 4519 times)

Krogenar · « **on:** Wed, 27 February 2013, 13:42:58 »

If GeekHack were to conduct a census of it's members, what questions should be asked?

1. Age
2. Profession
3. What do you do with your keyboard? Gaming / Typing
4. What keyboard technologies do you use (Cherry / Buckling Spring / Topre / ALPS / Other
5. Where do you live?
6. Have you ever participated in a groupbuy?
7. Have you ever organized a groupbuy?

What other questions would be relevant?

I just wonder what the breakdowns are like.

longweight · « **Reply #1 on:** Wed, 27 February 2013, 13:44:34 »

Annual expenditure on keyboards.

Glod · « **Reply #2 on:** Wed, 27 February 2013, 13:51:00 »

Quote from: longweight on Wed, 27 February 2013, 13:44:34

Annual expenditure on keyboards.

^ and key caps and accessories

are we going to make a semi-anonymous google docs form to do this, im actually interested lololol

fohat.digs · « **Reply #3 on:** Wed, 27 February 2013, 13:57:53 »

Please be sure to make this anonymous. Not everyone is proud of all of these answers!

The thing about what we spend, especially.

For instance, for me, I spent a lot more the first year than I have since, but it may be the opposite for others.

Krogenar · « **Reply #4 on:** Wed, 27 February 2013, 14:47:40 »

Quote from: longweight on Wed, 27 February 2013, 13:44:34

Annual expenditure on keyboards.

I wonder how honestly people would answer that question.

Krogenar · « **Reply #5 on:** Wed, 27 February 2013, 14:48:47 »

Quote from: fohat.digs on Wed, 27 February 2013, 13:57:53

Please be sure to make this anonymous. Not everyone is proud of all of these answers!

Oh yeah, absolutely anonymous. Maybe I'll ask people to PM me their answers, and I will keep it private. Otherwise it could be spammed.

ComradeSniper · « **Reply #6 on:** Wed, 27 February 2013, 17:39:52 »

This would be interesting, I'm up for it.

agodinhost · « **Reply #7 on:** Wed, 27 February 2013, 20:33:48 »

anonymous
+1

bavman · « **Reply #8 on:** Wed, 27 February 2013, 22:27:00 »

Info on the geekhack demography would be really cool.

The_Beast · « **Reply #9 on:** Wed, 27 February 2013, 22:28:13 »

I'd do a google doc instead of PM

esoomenona · « **Reply #10 on:** Wed, 27 February 2013, 22:30:25 »

How are we supposed to calculate how much we've spent...?

Glod · « **Reply #11 on:** Wed, 27 February 2013, 22:33:21 »

i know i'm getting really technical here but i wouldn't do this by PM

i would rather if we are going to ask some super interesting queries that we make this fully anonymous somehow where you maybe hash the username so that the "census taker" wouldn't be able to see who entered the data.

if you want a true census and get answers from 30+ people to get some awesome insight then this needs to be fully anonymous.

bavman · « **Reply #12 on:** Wed, 27 February 2013, 22:36:44 »

Quote from: esoomenona on Wed, 27 February 2013, 22:30:25

How are we supposed to calculate how much we've spent...?

Just round up to the nearest thousand

metalliqaz · « **Reply #13 on:** Wed, 27 February 2013, 22:56:48 »

At the rate I'm going my annual expendature will be almost $10k

eth0s · « **Reply #14 on:** Thu, 28 February 2013, 01:38:41 »

I'm against ur census, cuz it's just a way for the govenmint to take away my keyboards.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #15 on:** Thu, 28 February 2013, 04:51:00 »

I can Answer this on behalf of everyone, since the answers are obvious

1. Age

____ Too old to be doing this sh_t

2. Profession

____ Geek// basement dweller

3. What do you do with your keyboard? Gaming / Typing

____ Nothing// We collect them for no purpose

4. What keyboard technologies do you use (Cherry / Buckling Spring / Topre / ALPS / Other

____ CHerry fanboi wh0000t,
____ Topre fanboi wh0000t, I waste alot more money and toil with my emotions to justify the stupendous waste of funding for mediocre keyboard at best.... but wh0000t....

5. Where do you live?

____ Some basement

6. Have you ever participated in a groupbuy?

____ Yes, and still commenting once per day on the non-responsive GBs, of which would not speed up the buy

7. Have you ever organized a groupbuy?

____ Probably not, Too lazy

Krogenar · « **Reply #16 on:** Thu, 28 February 2013, 07:10:24 »

Maybe a better question would be: how many new keyboards do you expect to purchase in the next year?

The way I see it we can do this two ways:

1. Google Form/Survey -- the only problem I see with this is that there's no security. Anyone could put bogus information into the survey at will. There seems to be some way of inviting people into the form, so maybe I can ask people who want to participate to send me their email via PM, and then I'll invite them? Seems like a lot of work.

2. People can PM me their responses to a set of questions.

I'm open to more suggestions as to questions and how to deliver the survey. I've never used Google Docs before, so, any tips would be appreciated.

metalliqaz · « **Reply #17 on:** Thu, 28 February 2013, 07:15:54 »

Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 28 February 2013, 04:51:00

I can Answer this on behalf of everyone, since the answers are obvious

1. Age

____ Too old to be doing this sh_t

2. Profession

____ Geek// basement dweller

3. What do you do with your keyboard? Gaming / Typing

____ Nothing// We collect them for no purpose

4. What keyboard technologies do you use (Cherry / Buckling Spring / Topre / ALPS / Other

____ CHerry fanboi wh0000t,
____ Topre fanboi wh0000t, I waste alot more money and toil with my emotions to justify the stupendous waste of funding for mediocre keyboard at best.... but wh0000t....

5. Where do you live?

____ Some basement

6. Have you ever participated in a groupbuy?

____ Yes, and still commenting once per day on the non-responsive GBs, of which would not speed up the buy

7. Have you ever organized a groupbuy?

____ Probably not, Too lazy

Nailed it.

fohat.digs · « **Reply #18 on:** Thu, 28 February 2013, 07:22:03 »

It is sad to think that people would insert bogus information to wreck the survey, but I guess that there is vandalism everywhere.

And the internet has made it a whole lot easier.

I still can't understand what the r00tw0rm thing last summer was about, except someone being infantile.

sth · « **Reply #19 on:** Thu, 28 February 2013, 16:42:59 »

mostly european and asian descent
mostly male
mostly dorks

Nunez · « **Reply #20 on:** Thu, 28 February 2013, 17:33:49 »

Quote from: fohat.digs on Thu, 28 February 2013, 07:22:03

I still can't understand what the r00tw0rm thing last summer was about, except someone being infantile.

I thought they wanted the domain?

tp4tissue · « **Reply #21 on:** Fri, 01 March 2013, 03:22:27 »

Quote from: sth on Thu, 28 February 2013, 16:42:59

mostly european and asian descent
mostly male
mostly dorks

Aren't you African American?

iri · « **Reply #22 on:** Fri, 01 March 2013, 03:40:27 »

does "mostly male" mean "gay"?

tp4tissue · « **Reply #23 on:** Fri, 01 March 2013, 07:38:35 »

Quote from: iri on Fri, 01 March 2013, 03:40:27

does "mostly male" mean "gay"?

Not if the balls don't touch....

That's the rule I've heard...

metalliqaz · « **Reply #24 on:** Fri, 01 March 2013, 17:38:08 »

I heard it's not gay if it's a threeway

Michael · « **Reply #25 on:** Fri, 01 March 2013, 17:40:13 »

metalliqaz · « **Reply #26 on:** Fri, 01 March 2013, 17:44:18 »

Meatball is my personal link-bot

baldgye · « **Reply #27 on:** Sat, 02 March 2013, 17:02:49 »

Quote from: iri on Fri, 01 March 2013, 03:40:27

does "mostly male" mean "gay"?

I sure hope so

eth0s · « **Reply #28 on:** Sat, 02 March 2013, 17:39:30 »

Quote from: sth on Thu, 28 February 2013, 16:42:59

mostly european and asian descent
mostly male
mostly dorks

Wow. Do you know me IRL?

I am mostly european and asian descent, mostly male, and mostly a dork. Amazing if you don't know me. Either you are psychic, or you have the devil in you.

Michael · « **Reply #29 on:** Sat, 02 March 2013, 18:04:36 »

Quote from: eth0s on Sat, 02 March 2013, 17:39:30

have the devil IN you.

Input Nirvana · « **Reply #30 on:** Mon, 04 March 2013, 23:31:55 »

****, you guys are brutal.

SmallFry · « **Reply #31 on:** Mon, 04 March 2013, 23:53:37 »

1. Age
Old enough to use the internet.
2. Profession
Full time student
3. What do you do with your keyboard? Gaming / Typing
Seldom gaming (once or twice a month) mainly typing
4. What keyboard technologies do you use (Cherry / Buckling Spring / Topre / ALPS / Other
Cherry (blues, blacks{vintage, stock, 55g, ergo clears) Buckling Spring (Model M)
5. Where do you live?
Midwest US
6. Have you ever participated in a groupbuy?
Only three group buys that I recall, Hashbaz's RGBY, inlikeflynn's G81 doubleshot sets, and Hashbaz's 2nd chance Tsangan kits.
7. Have you ever organized a groupbuy?
No, but I hope to in the future. Still not quite sure what the GB should be.

sth · « **Reply #32 on:** Tue, 05 March 2013, 00:05:26 »

Quote from: iri on Fri, 01 March 2013, 03:40:27

does "mostly male" mean "gay"?

no but that response means you're mostly a jackass

fohat.digs · « **Reply #33 on:** Tue, 05 March 2013, 07:21:53 »

Quote from: sth on Tue, 05 March 2013, 00:05:26

Quote from: iri on Fri, 01 March 2013, 03:40:27
does "mostly male" mean "gay"?
no but that response means you're mostly a jackass

You could probably extrapolate that to the point where "all-male" or "all-man" actually means "gay"!

esoomenona · « **Reply #34 on:** Tue, 05 March 2013, 07:51:56 »

Quote from: SmallFry on Mon, 04 March 2013, 23:53:37

1. Age
Old enough to use the internet.

If I ever have a kid, I'm going to sit them in front of a computer everyday with Google open and let them hit keys. How old are you now?

nullstring · « **Reply #35 on:** Tue, 05 March 2013, 08:28:54 »

Make sure the most of the options in the google doc are select-able, not input-able.
If everyone answers like smallfry, we'll never be able to aggregate the results without manual work.

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Author Topic: Geekhack Census? (Read 4519 times)