Survey Questions
Survey Questions
If I directed you here, it was probably because you asked a question about one of my surveys. This is what we do to people who ask a lot of questions. We send them to a webpage. Seriously, that's what we do now. Who has time to have a conversation with another human being when we can create intensely complicated versions of signs that are more trouble than they are worth.
It could be worse. If this was an action movie, asking too many questions would cause you to be maimed in some terrible manner. If this was a courtroom and asked too many questions, you could be found in contempt and thrown in jail. And asking questions at a fast food chain makes them secretly do things to the food that make it even less palatable.
So relax because you're getting off easy. There is no test and you can leave at anytime. ...Anytime. Any time...
Go away.
Why are there only four or five options?
Short answer: I prefer all the options to be visible at once and from the start, if possible on your device.
I select four or five answers that best address the question and which can be reviewed and weighed in a reasonable amount of time. This does mean that I can't ask certain questions or questions in a certain way. And that makes me sad.
But, if a person has to read through a dozen answers for a poll they are often answering with impatience or even in frustration. And that can make the experience dissatisfying. A dissatisfied person will stop participating, so I keep it short, to make it easier to stay engaged.
Why didn't you include _________ as an option in _____ poll?
What am I? The census. If I took the time to represent every thought of every person wandering by, I would be charging a lot more and posting a lot less.
Part of my polls are that the answers make you think, too. In fact, I ensure those will be suitable before I consider posting a question. In addition to wanting only four or five answers, I also want the answers to engage the reader. If they don't represent you, why? Are you nitpicking or am I forcing you to consider the question in more depth? Are you being deliberately excluded? If you're wondering what's going on, it means you are thinking, and that's good. So assume that the answers are there to engage, not enrage and answer how you see fit.
What kind of crazy range is this?
Sorry. I have a mental condition that only lets me understand numbers through smell. It's inconvenient (especially with algebra) and sometimes results in wild overestimation.
No, I am capable of understanding integers and ratios. When I select numbers to represent a range, know that I don't give a rats ass about the poll results. Nor do I give 10, 100, or 1000 rats asses. I'm more concerned with what that poll represents for the individual. Therefore, I'll use numbers that try and encompass as many people as possible so an many individuals as possible can engage with the question.
Where is the "results" option?
I don't know, but I have a feeling somewhere dark and warm.
Look, I get there is entertainment in knowing what others think. The internet is basically predicated on this idea and can leads to some rather sheepish behavior. I'm more interested in you thinking like yourself so do that, answer the question and ka-chow: results.
But if you want to know that soooo badly, you're going to have to wait "But won't that make it inaccurate because impatient people will skew the data?" Have you seen the userbase on this platform? It's like an echo chamber inside a reverberation studio. There is no statistically significant data here. "But what if none of the answers apply to me because of my unique specialness?" Here are some other choices: 1. Wait. 2. Answer another survey 3. Recognize that this is the moment you began your quest to become omnipresent and without my callous indifference you never would have achieved godhood. ALL HAIL, YOU: MASTER OF TIME AND SPACE AND LOTTERY RESULTS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN!!!