Re: UK developers wanted for online academic research survey

From:
Lew <noone@lewscanon.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:46:13 -0500
Message-ID:
<iep0sv$co$1@news.albasani.net>
kentfield wrote:

This short survey is open to anyone currently in the UK who has
developed, or is currently developing, a
user interface of some kind. The user interface could be a computer
application, mobile device, website,
Flash app, DVD player, or internet-enabled fridge, indeed anything
that involves a computing device
interacting with an end user.


Katie wrote:

You should probably add some sort of explanation& privacy policy to
the survey page so that people who see it get some reassurance that
you're not going to resell their data, etc.


Of course they are. They're spammers!

Just check out the wording: "This short survey is open to anyone ... who ... "

- like it's some sort of honor to fill out their survey. Gee, thanks - thanks
for letting me participate in your survey, blokes. I'm so bloody grateful
that it was open to my sort. I shall make quite certain that I avail myself
of the privilege straight off. Do be so kind as not to exploit my
gullibility, if it isn't too much trouble. Please utter reassuring words
devoid of accountability so that I may feel as though it were completely safe
to entrust my information to you.

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Lew
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