From: an7838@anon.penet.fi
Subject: Re: Who Reads this Newsgroup? RESULTS OF SURVEY
Organization: Anonymous contact service
X-Anonymously-To: alt.personals,alt.personals.ads,alt.personals.misc,alt.personals.bondage,alt.personals.poly,alt.backrubs
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 18:56:36 GMT


X-Anon-To: alt.personals,alt.personals.ads,alt.personals.misc,alt.personals.bondage,alt.personals.poly,alt.backrubs

About 2 weeks ago, I posted a question to the above newsgroups that simply
asked who read the groups. Respondents were asked to state only two things:
their nationality and gender, thus for example, Belgian, Male. Here are the
results of the survey, other remarks will follow. There were 88 people that
responded as follows:

                                FEMALE        MALE            TOTAL
USA                             14            43              57
Canada                           2             5               7
Britain                          0             5               5
Germany                          0             4               4
India                            0             3               3
France                           0             2               2
Australia                        0             2               2
Belgium                          0             1               1
Chile                            0             1               1
New Zealand                      1             0               1
UNDETERMINED*                    3             2               5

TOTAL                          20             68              88


* I was not able to determine the nationalities of 5 people who responded
such as: Single White Female, Caucasian male, white male. Someone said
Female, Heinz 57. I have no clue what Heinz 57 means!!

There was really no reason for the survey. I was just looking through some of
the newsgroups and couldn't believe some of what people said they wanted to
do to others or have others do to themselves, i.e. in newsgroups such as
alt.personals.bondage. So I thought, let me find out where some of these
people come from. I am NOT infering that those who responded do all those
things to themselves, so do not send me hate mail!! Also, I know that (or so
it is said) some of the newsgroups are distributed world wide. So I wanted to
know how world wide they are distributed.

Some of the colorful comments that I received along with the responses may
reveal the shortcomings of this *survey* (and I'm supposed to be a
researcher!!). So here we go:

*I'm addicted ... I read only alt.personals (occasionally) and alt.pers.ads
*Actually, we Americans lack a true word for nationality. Canadians and
Mexicans are both Americans, what I should really say is US citizen.
*You oughta get ages too.
*Of the newsgroups you posted to, I read only alt.personals.poly
*But this isn't going to be useful because you can't tell which group the
responding people read.
*Now, if that doesn't bring to mind a few stereotypes. I read only
alt.backrubs as opposed to all the others you cross posted to
*Surveys? What a concept

For some respondents, it was not enough to state their nationality, some went
on to state data like: singlegle, male, heterosexual;; whitte 20 yrs old,
military, American/Italian, American-German-Italian-Irish, American (Jewish),
African American and thanks for asking, American Northeast, Canadian English
WASP, Chinese-Canadian and I'm proud.

Make of the comments whatever you wish. I think they were wonderful,
insightful, revealing (of how we feel about who we are) and a good number of
them were very funny!! I most certainly wish everyone of you out there
whatever good things you wish for yourselves and others; long life,
prosperity, happiness, etc. Oh, somebody thought the survey may just be a way
for me to get e mail addresses from females!! What an idea. Yes, I am
certainly male, single, available, employed, and I LOVE women. But I am not
that stupid to start firing off messages to someone just because they are
female. What if she is married, or lesbian, or has a gun-toting significant
other? And besides, I'm just a foreigner here in the good US of A, and a
minority at that. But despite all that, I am a happy go-lucky guy.

Have fun.
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