Help me out! Survey for college about forums

[jf185]

Hi,

My name’s Jack and I’m a university student writing a paper on how people come together and share common interests on forums. I read and post on lots of forums myself, and have found it really interesting how people learn about and teach each other things that would be very difficult to learn in real life.

I’m curious about what the internet’s going to mean for niche hobbies like unicycling, and would really appreciate it if you could take five minutes to answer some survey questions for me about your experiences learning things on the forum, and what role unicycling has in your life.

I’m interested in how everyone uses the forum, so even if you only just casually read the forum or don’t post much I’d still love to hear from you.

It’s completely anonymous and voluntary of course. If you can help me out or would like to know more, instant message me or just reply in this thread.. Thanks!

[wobbling bear]

fairly easy : when you are a shy creature like a bear you try to do something about it.
- you practice unicycling (a sport where showmanship is important) : thus people tend to talk to you
- you go over the internet where nobody knows you are a bear

[Hazmat]

Originally Posted by wobbling bear

fairly easy : when you are a shy creature like a bear you try to do something about it.
- you practice unicycling (a sport where showmanship is important) : thus people tend to talk to you
- you go over the internet where nobody knows you are a bear

1) I don't see it as something that requires showmanship. Just go out and have some fun unicycling.
2) I don't what it is, but people to get scared when i unicycle either by myself or with friends and i never understood why??

[evil-nick]

Biggest thing for me is that I met people that I could ride with. Meeting other bikers/joggers where one lives is pretty easy, if you don't know one you can sit on the street for a few minutes. Finding unicyclists is a bit harder, unless you take the Montoya approach of asking everyone you meet, "I do not mean to pry, but by any chance do you happen to unicycle?"

Combine the forums with youtube, and you get inspiration from other's videos

[Goats_On_Unicycles]

Forums are great! We can talk about unicycling with other riders, get tips and give tips on riding and matinence, read write-ups about people's rides, watch videos, get to know lots of other riders and also meet up with them so we don't have to ride by ourselves all the time.

[dudewithasock]

Well I'm in, I'd love to answer any questions.

[mr_charm]

me too man, just send me a message with your questions

[ivan]

I'll help!

I'm a helper, see?!!

[monkeyman]

I'm up for it...do we need to PM you or anything?

[johnfoss]

I'll bite. You should have included a link or something in your post. My email is below.

[Gumba23]

i will help you.

[dudewithasock]

Probably should've mentioned this before, but my email address is dudewithasock (att) yahoo (dot) com, if you want to send the questions that way.

[James_Potter]

forums are fun!

[saskatchewanian]

Ill fill out your survey, post the questions here or send a pm

but if you post the survey here make suer to pm everyone who said they would do it otherwize they may froget (I probably would)

[Lucifer, your savior]

I'm game.