It avoids this situation:
Persons A,B,C: Oooh, a survey about procrastination hacks, I love trying procrastination hacks. I’ll take this survey.
Persons D,E,F: Bleh, a survey about procrastination hacks. I never even try those, I’ll skip this one.
Survey creator: Well, it appears that 100% of LWers are interested in trying out procrastination hacks, based on this survey.
It doesn’t actually avoid that situation.
Why not? It seems like it should at least be better than “Take this minute-long survey about procrastination hacks.”
It avoids this situation:
Persons A,B,C: Oooh, a survey about procrastination hacks, I love trying procrastination hacks. I’ll take this survey.
Persons D,E,F: Bleh, a survey about procrastination hacks. I never even try those, I’ll skip this one.
Survey creator: Well, it appears that 100% of LWers are interested in trying out procrastination hacks, based on this survey.
It doesn’t actually avoid that situation.
Why not? It seems like it should at least be better than “Take this minute-long survey about procrastination hacks.”