Who do you imagine behind the mask of anonymity as they fling passive-aggressive insults into you from the forums?
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We tend to live in a bubble when arguing on forums. I have often found myself bringing up the fact that a sample from the Escapist doesn't reflect a sample from the gaming community at large, in the same way that a sample from the Westboro Baptist Church doesn't reflect the Christian community at large. Only the most argumentative.
That said, who am I arguing with? Are you all University students majoring in Philosophy? Am I in the midst of construction workers and mechanics on their lunch breaks? Perhaps everyone who posts here goes cliff diving on Wednesdays (I doubt that one).
This is the first part of a series I intend to create, adapting as I go (unless the numbers are uninspiring).
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That said, with this particular poll:
Student/non-student
-If you are working, but take classes online at the University of Phoenix, put down "non-student."
Urban/suburban/rural
-If you live at a home away from home (college, foreign office), put the one most relevant to where you game. If you go to NYU, that's "student/urban", even if you lived in Nowhere before that.
-If you go to college now, you may feel that your campus has a lot of people in it, and seems urban. Or maybe you don't know if being near a small town means rural or suburban. https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/find-colleges/how-to-find-your-college-fit/campus-setting-rural-suburban-urban Use that and find your school.
This poll has no "I'm an exception" choice. If you think you are an exception, go ahead and say so in the comments. I'll make a note of it on my own personal data sheet. Or, more likely, I'll note that you're the sort of person who tries desperately to show how interesting and different he/she is, as I add your anonymous tally to one of the existing options and forget about you completely. So make it count.
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We tend to live in a bubble when arguing on forums. I have often found myself bringing up the fact that a sample from the Escapist doesn't reflect a sample from the gaming community at large, in the same way that a sample from the Westboro Baptist Church doesn't reflect the Christian community at large. Only the most argumentative.
That said, who am I arguing with? Are you all University students majoring in Philosophy? Am I in the midst of construction workers and mechanics on their lunch breaks? Perhaps everyone who posts here goes cliff diving on Wednesdays (I doubt that one).
This is the first part of a series I intend to create, adapting as I go (unless the numbers are uninspiring).
...
That said, with this particular poll:
Student/non-student
-If you are working, but take classes online at the University of Phoenix, put down "non-student."
Urban/suburban/rural
-If you live at a home away from home (college, foreign office), put the one most relevant to where you game. If you go to NYU, that's "student/urban", even if you lived in Nowhere before that.
-If you go to college now, you may feel that your campus has a lot of people in it, and seems urban. Or maybe you don't know if being near a small town means rural or suburban. https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/find-colleges/how-to-find-your-college-fit/campus-setting-rural-suburban-urban Use that and find your school.
This poll has no "I'm an exception" choice. If you think you are an exception, go ahead and say so in the comments. I'll make a note of it on my own personal data sheet. Or, more likely, I'll note that you're the sort of person who tries desperately to show how interesting and different he/she is, as I add your anonymous tally to one of the existing options and forget about you completely. So make it count.
