26
2006
Reader survey results
As promised, here are some results from the first ever North Reader Survey:
I was surprised to see that two-thirds of North readers don't use the RSS feature. I guess RSS isn't as mainstream as I thought.
If I extrapolate the survey response to include all users, everyone who has visited the site has left a comment at some point. Then again, the margin of error is probably exceedingly high considering the number of responses, so I imagine that it's unwise to think that everyone who visits will leave a comment.
Everyone loves Flickr -- almost. This chart will help me determine how prominent these features are in the upcoming restyling of the site.
Apparently no one is actively uninterested in anything I post. I guess that makes sense since 100% of the responses came from people who knew me directly, and therefore are the most likely to want to know what I'm up to.
One of the most fun things about this survey is trying to figure out whose survey was whose. I can guess a few pretty easily based on the comments, but others are tougher. I imagine this is how it feels to be a professer getting evaluations at the end of the year and trying to figure out which student is which based on the handwriting.
I use RSS for the major sites. But for the smaller stuff or sites run by people I know, I prefer to check stuff out in context of the page. Otherwise I start to feel kind of distanced from the little stuff that made me enjoy the site in the first place. Maybe that's just me.
The survey was an awesome idea. I love graphs.
Posted by Tom on May 26, 2006