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Re: Are User Surveys the best approach for defining your audienc
Subject:Re: Are User Surveys the best approach for defining your audienc From:Karen Kay <karenk -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Sun, 5 Feb 1995 05:59:44 GMT
Steve Delanghe (zulu -at- cix -dot- compulink -dot- co -dot- uk) wrote:
: Comment (vaguely humorous, if anyone's in any doubt):
: I'm in the process of doing a survey, partly using Usenet,
: and after what I thought was a jokey reminder (I admit it
: wasn't exactly hilarious), I got several replies like this:
....
: So I guess if you're doing a survey - don't remind people that you'd like
: some response!
Particularly not if you repost private mail to the list.
Precisely *which* barn were you brought up, Steve? Or are you simply
trying to set a record for breaking most Rules of Netiquette in a
six-month period?
