GeekHack Community Survey - Post Survey Discussion

[RESPRiT]

The survey is now over! Results have been posted here to keep things tidy, thanks to everyone for participating!
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=56662.0 (The thread appears to be "Awaiting Approval")

This thread will be for discussion the execution of the survey and providing feedback for next time.

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Community Survey is live! Link is here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Mxhx-pdu21SdIDl1FRX4yah-OfLNiXbrJU7j3gqklP8/viewform

Submissions will be close on March 31st 11:59 PST.

If you have the time, please fill out this community survey! I will personally send something (not sure what yet) to a random submission, so you can also think of this as a raffle!

Thank you!

PS. Let me know if there are any issues with the form.

[SpAmRaY]

Polls pertaining to what?

[paicrai]

Polls pertaining to what?

Communism?

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

Too bad they banned troll polls, those were always entertaining...

[RESPRiT]

Demographics, like age, gender, location, ethnicity, etc. and also maybe stuff about mechs, such as favorite brand, switch, keycap set, what have you. I think the information could be rather interesting if enough people provided information.

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

Demographics, like age, gender, location, ethnicity, etc. and also maybe stuff about mechs, such as favorite brand, switch, keycap set, what have you. I think the information could be rather interesting if enough people provided information.

They used to have several of those types of polls, but ever since they limited polls to the IC/GB/Classifieds subs they died down.

I distinctly remember voting in several "What's your favorite switch?" polls, as well as favorite keycap material, favorite stabilizers, and other similar polls.

[atlas3686]

That is a pity, I would love to be able to get an idea of the community's preferences etc.

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

Maybe if we ask the mods nicely they'll re-enable polls? After all, the reason for their being removed hasn't logged onto GH in a good long while...

It would be beneficial to have access to an information-gathering tool such as polls.

[RESPRiT]

Could I make a Google form with a bunch of questions and link to it externally? Technically wouldn't be the forum polls.

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

Could I make a Google form with a bunch of questions and link to it externally? Technically wouldn't be the forum polls.

That is 100% acceptable. They only removed the native polls because some people would create totally pointless polls that weren't helping the community in any way...

Looking forward to participating in your poll.

[SpAmRaY]

Could I make a Google form with a bunch of questions and link to it externally? Technically wouldn't be the forum polls.

You could but do realize this is the internet and people will lie.

[RESPRiT]

Could I make a Google form with a bunch of questions and link to it externally? Technically wouldn't be the forum polls.

You could but do realize this is the internet and people will lie.

Of course, but I can't go door to door )

[demik]

Could I make a Google form with a bunch of questions and link to it externally? Technically wouldn't be the forum polls.

Why do you need so much data?

You working for the government?

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

NSA

[Novus]

Could I make a Google form with a bunch of questions and link to it externally? Technically wouldn't be the forum polls.

You could but do realize this is the internet and people will lie.

Wait...WHAT?

[Michael]

Could I make a Google form with a bunch of questions and link to it externally? Technically wouldn't be the forum polls.

You could but do realize this is the internet and people will lie.

[hashbaz]

I'd be in favor of allowing polls again for everyone except Microsoft Windows.

[SpAmRaY]

I'd be in favor of allowing polls again for everyone except Microsoft Windows.

poll subforum?

[paicrai]

I'd be in favor of allowing polls again for everyone except Microsoft Windows.

poll subforum?

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

I'd be in favor of allowing polls again for everyone except Microsoft Windows.

x2.

poll subforum?

Also x2. Didn't there used to be one? Or at least an old polls archive?

[CommunistWitchDr]

Could I make a Google form with a bunch of questions and link to it externally? Technically wouldn't be the forum polls.

You could but do realize this is the internet and people will lie.

Just add an "are you lying" option to the poll and filter out anyone who checks "yes".

[RESPRiT]

Could I make a Google form with a bunch of questions and link to it externally? Technically wouldn't be the forum polls.

You could but do realize this is the internet and people will lie.

Just add an "are you lying" option to the poll and filter out anyone who checks "yes".

I could just put some honeypot answers in the poll and negate anyone who picks them.

[Pacifist]

I'd be in favor of allowing polls again for everyone except Microsoft Windows.

Where is Microsoft Windows? Haven't seen him in a while

[ideus]

Could I make a Google form with a bunch of questions and link to it externally? Technically wouldn't be the forum polls.

You could but do realize this is the internet and people will lie.

Just add an "are you lying" option to the poll and filter out anyone who checks "yes".

Is that a single image in your signature? It looks cool! How did you make it?

[CommunistWitchDr]

Is that a single image in your signature? It looks cool! How did you make it?

It's one image file made from editing a bunch of keyboard pixel arts together. Some were modified from other's work, some were made from scratch. There's a bunch in this thread-
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=19113.0;topicseen

[RESPRiT]

Here's a list of questions that I quickly came up with. There's a lot, but I'm thinking I might make the survey also a raffle for something, although people might abuse that fact..

Thoughts?

List:

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^=Don’t know enough to answer option

Demographics
Age
Gender
Ethnicity
Residency
Employment
Relationship Status

Keyboards
How many do you currently own?
How many have you ever owned?
Which brands have you owned?
Favorite brand?^
What size do you prefer? (104, TKL, 60%, etc.)^
What casing do you prefer? (Plastic, Acrylic, Metal, etc.)^

Keycaps
How many keysets do you own? (Raindrop, CCnG, Hyperfuse, etc.)
How many “cheap” novelty keys do you own? (Keypop, Techkeys, etc.)
How many “moderately expensive” keycaps do you own? (Bingecaps, Cap Crafters, Gasmask, etc.)
How many “special” keycaps do you own? (Click Clacks, BroBots, GirlDC, etc.)
What materials have you tried?
What material is your favorite?^
What is your favorite keyset?^
What is your favorite profile height?^ (OEM, Cherry, etc.)
What is your favorite keycap family?^ (DCS, DSA, SA, etc.)

Switches
How many switches do you own?
How many switches have you tried?
What is your favorite switch?^ (Any)
What is your favorite Cherry switch?^
What is your favorite Topre weight?^

Typing
What is your average WPM?
What international layout do you use? (ANSI, ISO, JIS)
What alphanumeric layout do you use? (QWERTY, DVORAK, COLMAK)
Do you use Control in the Caps Lock position?
Which shift do you use?
Do you use the fn layer?
Which side do you prefer the fn key?

Shopping
How do you buy your keyboards?
Can you buy keyboards locally where you live?^

[iri]

Demographics
Age: 28
Gender: male
Ethnicity: russian
Residency: russia
Employment: yes
Relationship Status: yes

Keyboards
How many do you currently own? 2
How many have you ever owned? a dozen or two
Which brands have you owned? BW, QF, cherry, topre, unicomp, matias, apple, UTT
Favorite brand? probably topre, but i can't use it.
What size do you prefer? (104, TKL, 60%, etc.)^ full size.
What casing do you prefer? (Plastic, Acrylic, Metal, etc.)^ plastic

Keycaps
How many keysets do you own? (Raindrop, CCnG, Hyperfuse, etc.) two
How many “cheap” novelty keys do you own? (Keypop, Techkeys, etc.) none
How many “moderately expensive” keycaps do you own? (Bingecaps, Cap Crafters, Gasmask, etc.) i'm a sane person
How many “special” keycaps do you own? (Click Clacks, BroBots, GirlDC, etc.) still a sane person
What materials have you tried? abs, pbt, pom
What material is your favorite?^ pbt of course
What is your favorite keyset?^ rainbow pbt
What is your favorite profile height?^ (OEM, Cherry, etc.) not sure
What is your favorite keycap family?^ (DCS, DSA, SA, etc.) no idea

Switches
How many switches do you own? half a dozen i guess
How many switches have you tried? a dozen i guess
What is your favorite switch?^ (Any) among those i can use -- panda clears. but in theory such switch would be 55g topre or some other good rubber dome.
What is your favorite Cherry switch?^ panda clears
What is your favorite Topre weight?^ probably 55g, as 45g is a bit too light for me. though pleasant.

Typing
What is your average WPM? 55
What international layout do you use? (ANSI, ISO, JIS) only ansi. hate iso.
What alphanumeric layout do you use? (QWERTY, DVORAK, COLMAK) qwerty / йцукен
Do you use Control in the Caps Lock position? of course i do
Which shift do you use? both
Do you use the fn layer? only on laptops
Which side do you prefer the fn key? both

Shopping
How do you buy your keyboards? cases / pcbs i buy locally, and all other stuff online, mostly in china.
Can you buy keyboards locally where you live?^ of course i can, i don't live in taiga

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

I'd be in favor of allowing polls again for everyone except Microsoft Windows.

Where is Microsoft Windows? Haven't seen him in a while

He's busy with college and work and stuff, plus he got bored of trolling around here so he kinda just stopped posting.

I talked to him not too long ago, and he said he barely even uses computers anymore except for at work (he works in his college IT dept.)

[riotonthebay]

I'd be in favor of allowing polls again for everyone except Microsoft Windows.

x2.

x3.

Although it actually sounds like a Google Form is better suited to the task in this case, given the number and scope of questions RESPRiT wants to ask.

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

I'd be in favor of allowing polls again for everyone except Microsoft Windows.

x2.

x3.

Although it actually sounds like a Google Form is better suited to the task in this case, given the number and scope of questions RESPRiT wants to ask.

Yeah I'd agree with that. This situation requires something a bit more complex than a simple poll. Although it will still be nice to have them back (with some restrictions on certain people, of course *cough MW cough*)



Poll info filled out:

Demographics
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White (and nerdy)
Residency: USA
Employment: Yes
Relationship Status: Forever alone

Keyboards
How many do you currently own? 8
How many have you ever owned? Alot more than 8
Which brands have you owned? IBM, Ducky, CM, SiiG, TG3, Focus, Chicony, and Genius (cheap Chinese board)
Favorite brand?^ Tied between IBM and Ducky
What size do you prefer? (104, TKL, 60%, etc.)^ TKL
What casing do you prefer? (Plastic, Acrylic, Metal, etc.)^ No preference

Keycaps
How many keysets do you own? (Raindrop, CCnG, Hyperfuse, etc.) None yet, one on the way soon
How many “cheap” novelty keys do you own? (Keypop, Techkeys, etc.) A bunch, but not as many as I used to have.
How many “moderately expensive” keycaps do you own? (Bingecaps, Cap Crafters, Gasmask, etc.) None currently, previously owned a couple Gasmasks
How many “special” keycaps do you own? (Click Clacks, BroBots, GirlDC, etc.) One HO CC, one Unicorn Blood MX V2 BroBot (will be in my mailbox when I get home today)
What materials have you tried? ABS, PBT
What material is your favorite?^ No preference really
What is your favorite keyset?^ No favorite since I currently don't have any
What is your favorite profile height?^ (OEM, Cherry, etc.) Again, no preference really
What is your favorite keycap family?^ (DCS, DSA, SA, etc.) DCS

Switches
How many switches do you own? Umm, like loose switches or...? (if yes, then like 10 at most)
How many switches have you tried? about 12
What is your favorite switch?^ (Any) either BS or MX Blues
What is your favorite Cherry switch?^ MX Blues
What is your favorite Topre weight?^ Never tried Topre (it's on my wishlist though)

Typing
What is your average WPM? It varies depending on the task, but up to like 50wpm (I know, that's slow!)
What international layout do you use? (ANSI, ISO, JIS) ANSI
What alphanumeric layout do you use? (QWERTY, DVORAK, COLMAK) QWERTY
Do you use Control in the Caps Lock position? No
Which shift do you use? Mostly Left Shift, sometimes Right
Do you use the fn layer? Sometimes
Which side do you prefer the fn key? Right side

Shopping
How do you buy your keyboards? Online mostly, I did get one from Goodwill though
Can you buy keyboards locally where you live?^ Maybe, I've never really looked for them locally...

[RESPRiT]

I just finished a Google Form for responses, if you don't mind resubmitting your answers there, that would be great! The link should be in the OP.

[ideus]

No link in the OP??

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

No link in the OP??

Was gonna say the same thing, but it's there now.

[ideus]

Done, now someone here knows me better than my relatives. LOL.

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

Survey has been surveyed.

[isaske]

done

[jdcarpe]

Done. Nice survey!

Although, I had to guess on some items, like "how many keyboards do you own," "how many keyboards have you ever owned," and "how many keysets do you own."

[histevenhere]

Submitted!

[SpAmRaY]

What will be done with this information?

[RESPRiT]

I'll compile it all together and release the statistics for everything, and also the raw data as well probably.

[baldgye]

hot raw data

[SpAmRaY]

I'll compile it all together and release the statistics for everything, and also the raw data as well probably.

I guess more specifically will you be releasing what user entered what information?

[RESPRiT]

I'll compile it all together and release the statistics for everything, and also the raw data as well probably.

I guess more specifically will you be releasing what user entered what information?

Ahh, I can see how that could be a concern. The main report will just be cumulative stats, so it wouldn't be possible to know who said what, but the raw data would reveal that. In that case, I'll probably remove names and/or responses that would indicate a person's identity in the raw report.

[SpAmRaY]

I'll compile it all together and release the statistics for everything, and also the raw data as well probably.

I guess more specifically will you be releasing what user entered what information?

Ahh, I can see how that could be a concern. The main report will just be cumulative stats, so it wouldn't be possible to know who said what, but the raw data would reveal that. In that case, I'll probably remove names and/or responses that would indicate a person's identity in the raw report.

Sound good then, form filled!

[atlas3686]

Filled, look forward to the results. Thanks RESPRiT

[ideus]

Just release the summary I do not want these fellows to know I am this young.

[Krogenar]

Filled out.

How many entries do you have so far?

[demik]

Somebody is going to guess passwords off this info

[ideus]

Again, just release the summaries, it is not safe to share the full data.

[SpAmRaY]

Just release the summary I do not want these fellows to know I am this young.

Again, just release the summaries, it is not safe to share the full data.

Are you 13?