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Mini Poll: Netiquette

Current Totals:

Do you have an e-mail address?

Yes:
 100%
No:
 0%

 

Does your workplace or school have a policy about technology etiquette?

Yes:
 39%
No:
 28%
If they do, I don't know what it is:
 20%
I don't have a place of work or attend a school:
 13%

 

How quickly do you answer e-mails?

Business and personal, right away:
 49%
Business right away; personal when I get to it:
 41%
Personal right away; business when I get to it:
 9%
I don't have an e-mail address:
 0%

 

Have you ever accidentally sent an e-mail to the wrong person?

Yes:
 68%
No:
 32%

 

Have you ever lied and said that you hadn't received an e-mail that you had actually received?

Yes:
 37%
No:
 63%

 

Which of the following e-mail mannerisms do you find most annoying?

E-mails that go on and on:
 13%
E-mails that come with monster-sized attachments:
 13%
Bad spelling and improper punctuation:
 23%
SHOUTING in caps:
 19%
Overuse or misuse of "reply all":
 20%
Someone forwarding my e-mail to others without my permission:
 12%

 

Does your spouse or partner have access to your personal e-mail account?

Yes:
 44%
No:
 56%

 

Would you be willing to pay a dime for every e-mail you received, if it meant that you no longer received spam messages?

Yes:
 12%
No:
 88%

 

How often would you use a free citywide WiFi network?

Never or hardly ever:
 27%
Sometimes, but less than 20 hours a month:
 37%
Whenever I could, and more than 20 hours a month:
 37%

 

Would you support a test of Internet Voting technology that would let St. Louis voters cast ballots at Internet Voting machines that are under the direct control of election personnel in traditional polling places?

Yes:
 69%
No:
 31%

 

Do you have a cell phone?

Yes:
 95%
No:
 5%

 

Do you ever judge people by their ring tones?

Yes:
 59%
No:
 41%

 

Have you ever sent a text message on your cell phone?

Yes:
 57%
No:
 43%

 

From which of the following are you most likely to receive a text message?

My children:
 17%
My friends:
 25%
My spouse or partner:
 11%
My co-workers:
 9%
I don't receive text messages or don't know how to read them:
 37%

 

Which of the following actions would you be least likely to do by text message?

Ask someone for a first date:
 12%
Start an argument with someone:
 12%
Say "I love you" to someone:
 7%
Break up with someone:
 14%
Quit a job:
 55%

 

Which of the following cell phone practices is most annoying?

The cell phone ringing during a church service:
 20%
Someone talking to me on their cell phone from the bathroom:
 19%
Someone texting on their cell phone while I am giving them my order:
 9%
Someone texting while driving in the car just ahead of me:
 45%
Someone over 20 years old using text slang:
 6%

 

Are you more likely to use your cell phone after drinking alcoholic beverages?

Yes:
 25%
No, because I make sure not to call anyone:
 53%
No, because I wouldn't be able to figure it out:
 21%

 

Could you translate ALL of the following text slang phrases: LOL, BRB, Where R U?, I <3 U?

Yes:
 35%
No:
 65%

 

Are you more likely to say something via e-mail or text message that you would not have the courage to say face-to-face?

Yes:
 36%
No:
 64%

 

Note: Due to rounding, results for some questions may not total 100%.


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