From: schmed12 on
Hello,
I am a grad student requesting your help with my dissertation
research. I need individuals that participate in bulletin boards and
forums to take my anonymous survey. This research is not focusing on
this group, I am collecting data from groups all cross the Usenet.
The survey takes 2 to 3 minutes.

Survey link
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~rnolker1/Dis-Survey.html

Your help is greatly appreciated,
Bob Nolker

This survey is part of a dissertation research study entitled
Diffusion in social networks, IRB # Y08LZ12191.
The dissertation is being conducted under the auspices of the
University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
From: fred on
schmed12 <schmed12(a)yahoo.com> wrote in
news:931968e7-b7ef-4650-a513-4ca6c36934f8(a)33g2000yqj.googlegroups.com:

> Hello,
> I am a grad student requesting your help with my dissertation
> research. I need individuals that participate in bulletin boards and
> forums to take my anonymous survey. This research is not focusing on
> this group, I am collecting data from groups all cross the Usenet.
> The survey takes 2 to 3 minutes.
>
> Survey link
> http://userpages.umbc.edu/~rnolker1/Dis-Survey.html
>
> Your help is greatly appreciated,
> Bob Nolker
>
> This survey is part of a dissertation research study entitled
> Diffusion in social networks, IRB # Y08LZ12191.
> The dissertation is being conducted under the auspices of the
> University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
>
So you can't be bothered to find people who actually use usenet and do a
proper servey then? Ok, just checking. You're a journalism major aren't
you? Not a chance.