For the avoidance of doubt, I appreciate your “several considerations” and in particular was not suggesting that you should hack the questions about mid-survey. And, er, I realise that I just posted a bunch of criticism without adding: thank you very much for doing the survey; I think it will be interesting and useful; the fact that I have some quibbles doesn’t make that any less true. So please consider that added :-).
As a single data point, on Q33 I attempted to answer as if the question meant something like “If all you knew about a new forum was that X was running the show, would you be likely to check it out for that reason?” on the grounds that that was the most non-bonkers interpretation I could give the question. If it was meant to be more like “If X was running the show, and the forum had no other merits, would X’s leadership be enough to make you use it and stick around despite its lack of other merits?” then my answer, at least, will not be informative. I suspect I’m not alone :-).
For the avoidance of doubt, I appreciate your “several considerations” and in particular was not suggesting that you should hack the questions about mid-survey. And, er, I realise that I just posted a bunch of criticism without adding: thank you very much for doing the survey; I think it will be interesting and useful; the fact that I have some quibbles doesn’t make that any less true. So please consider that added :-).
As a single data point, on Q33 I attempted to answer as if the question meant something like “If all you knew about a new forum was that X was running the show, would you be likely to check it out for that reason?” on the grounds that that was the most non-bonkers interpretation I could give the question. If it was meant to be more like “If X was running the show, and the forum had no other merits, would X’s leadership be enough to make you use it and stick around despite its lack of other merits?” then my answer, at least, will not be informative. I suspect I’m not alone :-).