Post by Arriaki on Nov 25, 2004 7:31:22 GMT -5
OOOoooHHH! I can help really quick!
1. What is your gender?
[ x] Female
[ ] Male
[ ] Transgender
2. What age group do you belong to?
[ ] 13 or under
[ x] 14 to 16
[ ] 17 to 25
[ ] 26 to 40
[ ] 41 or older
3. Are you involved in any sort of virtual community? (eg: messageboard, MU*, listserve, etc.)
[x ] Yes
[ ] No (skip to question 7)
[ ] Not sure
3a. What sort of community/ies? Please write names and types of community/ies.
(eg: "The Orchard, a message board; LiveJournal, a journaling community; PernMUSH)
Xanga, AllPoetry, Writing.com, TeenInk.com, Orchard, LivJournal
3b. Had you thought of this place as a community before?
[x ] Yes
[ ] No
4. Do you roleplay at this place or do you have a 'mule' account (alternate identity)?
[ x] Yes, I roleplay (please answer question 4a)
[ ] Yes, I have a mule (please skip to question 5)
[ ] No, I am myself there (please skip to question 5)
4a. Do you have a certain type of characters that you like to play and often portray?
[x ] Yes
[ ] No, I play many character types
5. Do other members of the community know your real life name?
[ ] Yes, many (more than 10, or all if the community is smaller) of them do
[x ] Yes, a couple do
[ ] It varies by community (some know; some don't)
[ ] No
6. Do friends and family know how much time you spend online at your chosen community/ies?
[x ] Yes
[ ] No
6a. Would you be embarassed if people knew how much time you spend online? Or, if people do
know, are you embarassed that they know?
[ ] Yes
[x ] No
[ ] Most people know
7. Do you know anyone involved in an online relationship or who has a significant other they met
online (this includes you)?
[ ] Yes
[x ] No (skip to question 9)
8. What do you think about using online communities to find romantic relationships?
[ ] Positive (it's a good way)
[ ] Neutral (just another dating resource)
[ ] Negative (it's a bad way)
9. Do you know others involved in online communities?
[ ] Yes
[x ] No
[ ] Not sure
10. What do you think of others involved in online communities? In other words, when you think
generally of people involved in online communities, what is your immediate reaction?
[x ] Positive (good way to spend time, enjoyable activity)
[ ] Neutral (something to do)
[ ] Negative (wasting their time, addicted to the computer)
11. About how many hours do you spend using a computer per week? Please only count hours
spent doing online activities, not writing papers or playing games (unless you connect your
game to a server with other players).
[ ] None
[ ] Under 3 hours
[ ] 3 to 7 hours
[x ] 7 to 10 hours
[ ] 10 to 20 hours
[ ] More than 20 hours
12. What types of places do you consider to be online communities? Check all that apply.
[x ] Messageboards/Forums (Gaia Online; SomethingAwful; etc)
[ ] Listserves
[x ] Chat rooms (Excite!; Spinchat; etc)
[ ] MU*s (LambdaMOO; PernMUSH; etc)
[x ] Instant Messaging Services (ICQ; AIM; MSN; Yahoo!; etc)
[ ] Email
[x ] Blogs (LiveJournal; OpenDiary; Blogger; etc)
[x ] Art-sharing Sites (Elfwood; DeviantArt; etc)
[x ] Role Playing Sites (EverQuest; SIMS Online; etc)
[ ] Online Auctioning sites (Ebay; Furbid; etc)
[ ] Other (please write below)
[ ] I don't consider any of these places to be communities
1. What is your gender?
[ x] Female
[ ] Male
[ ] Transgender
2. What age group do you belong to?
[ ] 13 or under
[ x] 14 to 16
[ ] 17 to 25
[ ] 26 to 40
[ ] 41 or older
3. Are you involved in any sort of virtual community? (eg: messageboard, MU*, listserve, etc.)
[x ] Yes
[ ] No (skip to question 7)
[ ] Not sure
3a. What sort of community/ies? Please write names and types of community/ies.
(eg: "The Orchard, a message board; LiveJournal, a journaling community; PernMUSH)
Xanga, AllPoetry, Writing.com, TeenInk.com, Orchard, LivJournal
3b. Had you thought of this place as a community before?
[x ] Yes
[ ] No
4. Do you roleplay at this place or do you have a 'mule' account (alternate identity)?
[ x] Yes, I roleplay (please answer question 4a)
[ ] Yes, I have a mule (please skip to question 5)
[ ] No, I am myself there (please skip to question 5)
4a. Do you have a certain type of characters that you like to play and often portray?
[x ] Yes
[ ] No, I play many character types
5. Do other members of the community know your real life name?
[ ] Yes, many (more than 10, or all if the community is smaller) of them do
[x ] Yes, a couple do
[ ] It varies by community (some know; some don't)
[ ] No
6. Do friends and family know how much time you spend online at your chosen community/ies?
[x ] Yes
[ ] No
6a. Would you be embarassed if people knew how much time you spend online? Or, if people do
know, are you embarassed that they know?
[ ] Yes
[x ] No
[ ] Most people know
7. Do you know anyone involved in an online relationship or who has a significant other they met
online (this includes you)?
[ ] Yes
[x ] No (skip to question 9)
8. What do you think about using online communities to find romantic relationships?
[ ] Positive (it's a good way)
[ ] Neutral (just another dating resource)
[ ] Negative (it's a bad way)
9. Do you know others involved in online communities?
[ ] Yes
[x ] No
[ ] Not sure
10. What do you think of others involved in online communities? In other words, when you think
generally of people involved in online communities, what is your immediate reaction?
[x ] Positive (good way to spend time, enjoyable activity)
[ ] Neutral (something to do)
[ ] Negative (wasting their time, addicted to the computer)
11. About how many hours do you spend using a computer per week? Please only count hours
spent doing online activities, not writing papers or playing games (unless you connect your
game to a server with other players).
[ ] None
[ ] Under 3 hours
[ ] 3 to 7 hours
[x ] 7 to 10 hours
[ ] 10 to 20 hours
[ ] More than 20 hours
12. What types of places do you consider to be online communities? Check all that apply.
[x ] Messageboards/Forums (Gaia Online; SomethingAwful; etc)
[ ] Listserves
[x ] Chat rooms (Excite!; Spinchat; etc)
[ ] MU*s (LambdaMOO; PernMUSH; etc)
[x ] Instant Messaging Services (ICQ; AIM; MSN; Yahoo!; etc)
[x ] Blogs (LiveJournal; OpenDiary; Blogger; etc)
[x ] Art-sharing Sites (Elfwood; DeviantArt; etc)
[x ] Role Playing Sites (EverQuest; SIMS Online; etc)
[ ] Online Auctioning sites (Ebay; Furbid; etc)
[ ] Other (please write below)
[ ] I don't consider any of these places to be communities