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Are you guys doing a survey?

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  • 24-11-2014 6:24pm
    #1
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,221 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Kept getting a notification from my pop up blocker, so I allowed it to show whatever it was trying to. It was a survey via survey monkey from boards.ie, or at least claiming to be.

    Is this legit? Didn't notice an announcement and usually pop-ups aren't your style. Or do I need to check for something malicious on my computer?

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test

    Post edited by Shield on


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    #2
    Eeden
    Registered Users Posts: 17,912 ✭✭✭✭Eeden


    I've also noticed a lot of pop ups being blocked, just in the last few minutes. Haven't checked them out, but it seems an unusual level of activity.


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    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,309 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Disable the ads in your control panel and compare what happens afterwards. But I don't think there's anything running currently. My pop-up blocker shows no sign of anything being caught.


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    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    I got it too - looks legit. One of the questions particularly made me think it's official - and I'm normally a skeptic about these things. An announcement would have been normal though.


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    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,221 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Spear wrote: »
    Disable the ads in your control panel and compare what happens afterwards. But I don't think there's anything running currently. My pop-up blocker shows no sign of anything being caught.

    I already have ads disabled. Since I allowed pop-ups on boards and closed the survey, it hasn't tried to re-appear.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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    #6
    Soups123
    Registered Users Posts: 8,972 ✭✭✭Soups123


    Same here I keep getting a survey request for every thread I enter


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    #7
    Dav
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,840 ✭✭✭Dav


    Hi folks,

    We are indeed running a survey, it was set live a little while ago just before I could post about it here. Sorry for the messing and lack of warning, I'm looking at getting rid of the pop-ups entirely and replacing it with a notice.


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    #8
    catallus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭catallus


    I knew it! It's a trap.


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    #9
    Dav
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,840 ✭✭✭Dav


    Yes, a trap where you can help us decide what's a priority for our 2015 workload as well win a €50 voucher :D


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    #10
    Its Only Ray Parlour
    Registered Users Posts: 393 ✭✭Its Only Ray Parlour


    Do you have a link for it? I instinctively X'd mine as soon as I seen it.


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    #11
    catallus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭catallus


    Well I did the survey and it seems that ye have yeer minds made up that ye will be changing the look of the site whatever anyone says.

    Gotta love those consultants :mad:

    FWIW, I hate any type of change, so I disagreed with everything that said "should we change the look of the site?" cos no we shouldn't, it works grand, stop messing with it!

    You may e-mail me my vouchers now thanks! :)


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    Into The Blue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,358 ✭✭✭Into The Blue


    Dav wrote: »
    Yes, a trap where you can help us decide what's a priority for our 2015 workload as well win a €50 voucher :D

    The oldest one in the book..


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    #13
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Does getting told off now and again constitute dealing with the good folk that run the site?


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    #14
    Dav
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,840 ✭✭✭Dav


    Well here's the thing, we get people telling us all the time that they have no idea how the site works, they cannot find what they're looking for and that it's baffling to them. Now, I've always thought that figuring out a VBulletin based website was something you can do blindfolded, but I've been using VBulletin sites for as long as they've existed, so I can't give an unbiased opinion on that.

    If there's an overwhelming majority of responses that say nothing needs changing then we have conflicting information and we need to figure out if these people who don't understand the site have some sort of genuine issue or are just not smart :p :pac:

    Most importantly though, we are planning on being rid of VBulletin for all time by this time next year and that does mean that new pages and software need to be built - these questions help us decide if these new pages need to look the same as the current ones or should be something completely new (and tbh, I have no idea what completely new could or should be - how else should you display threaded conversational content?). But at least this way we're making informed decisions and not just guessing.

    We will be sharing the results with you all by the way, I'm sure there are plenty of you who'll find it interesting.


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    #15
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    You can take the link to the survey down now. When I clicked it, it tells me you have had enough responses already then asks me to sign up for other surveys!


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    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    I got a notification but when I clicked it they told me they'd had enough answers already. Trying to filter out the cranks would we?


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    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,221 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    dr.bollocko wrote: »
    I got a notification but when I clicked it they told me they'd had enough answers already. Trying to filter out the cranks would we?

    They just don't want you winning the voucher

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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    #18
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    No questions about beans or George Wendt....


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    #19
    Dav
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,840 ✭✭✭Dav


    If you didn't get the George Wendt question, you mustn't have answered the questions in the pre-approved "fun" way :p

    Well - we didn't think we'd get those filled anywhere near as quickly as we did, thank you so much everyone for the enthusiasm. Declan was unable to take the notice down last night, so I've done that now, sorry to anyone who wanted to help out but was a bit late.

    We're still running the survey for logged out members - their questions are very slightly different, but not much. We're probably going to be close to filling that out to completion today or tomorrow and we'll do a review internally on Friday. I'll get the results posted either then or Monday.


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    #20
    ArmaniJeanss
    Registered Users Posts: 13,429 ✭✭✭✭ArmaniJeanss


    Dav wrote: »
    If you didn't get the George Wendt question, you mustn't have answered the questions in the pre-approved "fun" way :p

    Well - we didn't think we'd get those filled anywhere near as quickly as we did, thank you so much everyone for the enthusiasm. Declan was unable to take the notice down last night, so I've done that now, sorry to anyone who wanted to help out but was a bit late.

    You are completely missing out the opinions of procastinators and 'I'll do it just before the deadline' users, an important demographic.


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