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On Tue, 25 Apr 1995 meyer@newslink.org wrote:

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> >The ability of the net to quickly capture a snapshot of public opinion 
> >from the a wide spectrum is acutally quite amazing.
I meant "a wide spectrum"

> Wasn't there a thread here a few weeks ago about how
> women are tremendously underrepresented on the Web?
Groups are largely organized by interests.  Women often use only their
first initial and last name in addresses.  In many groups technical
groups, you don't know what gender, and don't care.

In groups like alt.child-support, there are many women, as there are in
alt.abortion, alt.politics.* and alt.women.  Women tend to listen to the
alt.personals and respond via e-mail (I've gotten a few dates that way).

> Likewise, isn't this the same place where I heard a
> figure saying something like 4% have ever even sent
> e-mail?
In terms of survey, you can look at it as "strongly agree vs. strongly 
disagree", it's hard to tell about the "don't care" and "just looking" 
group.  In a given news group 4-20% will actually post something.

In mailing lists, many companies require that all outgoing e-mail
be forwarded through the chain of command or at least be CC'd to
the immediate supervisor.  The Reader/Poster ratio is much higher.

Rex Ballard


From rballard@cnj.digex.net Thu May  4 20:37:17 1995