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Mar 26, 2024
acx

Take The 2024 ACX Survey

2 min • 226 words • 651 comments • 68 likes
Scott Alexander announces the 2024 ACX Survey, inviting readers to participate and potentially win a free subscription. Longer summary
Scott Alexander announces his annual reader survey for 2024, which serves to gather information about his readership and to replicate psychological findings. He mentions some interesting results from past surveys, explains that the survey will take 15-30 minutes, and offers free one-year paid subscriptions to five randomly-selected respondents as an incentive. Scott provides a link to the survey and asks readers to report any significant issues with the questions. Shorter summary
Dec 30, 2022
acx

Take The 2022 ACX Survey!

2 min • 181 words • 766 comments • 75 likes • podcast (2 min)
Scott Alexander announces the 2022 ACX Survey, highlighting past findings and offering incentives for participation. Longer summary
Scott Alexander announces the 2022 ACX Survey, an annual reader survey that helps him understand his audience and investigate interesting hypotheses. He highlights some findings from previous years, estimates the survey will take 20-40 minutes to complete, and offers free one-year paid subscriptions to five randomly-selected respondents as an incentive. The survey will be open until January 15, and readers are encouraged to report any problems in the comments. Shorter summary
Jul 13, 2021
acx

Reader Survey Final Check-In

3 min • 321 words • 91 comments • 25 likes • podcast (4 min)
Scott Alexander is finalizing preparations for a Reader Survey, asking participants to confirm their inclusion and make necessary adjustments before the Friday start date. Longer summary
Scott Alexander is preparing for a Reader Survey and is asking participants to confirm their inclusion in the list of surveys. He provides a list of surveys planned, noting some specifics about targeting and demographics collection. Scott also shares a link to a draft demographics survey and asks participants to review it, make necessary changes to their own surveys, and finalize everything before Friday when he plans to start the process. Shorter summary
Jun 07, 2020
ssc

Take The New Nootropics Survey

1 min • 64 words • 20 comments • podcast (2 min)
Scott Alexander announces a new survey on nootropics experiences, inviting readers to participate in the 2020 SSC Nootropics Survey. Longer summary
Scott Alexander is conducting a new survey on nootropics experiences, following up on a similar survey from a few years ago. He invites readers with nootropics experience to participate in the 2020 SSC Nootropics Survey, which is expected to take about 15 minutes to complete. The survey aims to gather information on user experiences with various nootropic substances, including newer ones that have emerged since the last survey. Shorter summary
Jan 17, 2020
ssc

Last Chance To Take The Survey

1 min • 81 words • 50 comments
Scott Alexander announces the last chance to take the 2020 SSC survey, providing brief instructions and thanking participants. Longer summary
Scott Alexander is announcing the final opportunity for readers to participate in the 2020 SSC (Slate Star Codex) survey. The survey is open to all blog readers, takes approximately 30 minutes to complete, and Scott cautions participants to be careful about clicking links to avoid losing their progress. He expresses gratitude to those who have already taken the survey and indicates that he will be sharing the results in the near future. Shorter summary
Dec 30, 2019
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Please Take The 2020 SSC Survey!

5 min • 650 words • 408 comments • podcast (5 min)
Scott Alexander is requesting readers to participate in the 2020 Slate Star Codex Survey, which helps him gather data for research and community planning. Longer summary
Scott Alexander is asking readers to take the 2020 Slate Star Codex Survey. The survey helps him learn about his readers, plan community events, and provides informal research data for interesting posts. It's open to anyone who has read the blog before December 30, 2019. The survey is in two parts: Part I takes about 10 minutes and asks basic questions, while Part II takes about 15 minutes and focuses on research topics. Scott mentions some limitations of the survey and offers the possibility of a monetary prize for randomly selected respondents. Shorter summary
Dec 26, 2018
ssc

Please Take The 2019 SSC Survey

5 min • 625 words • 428 comments • podcast (6 min)
Scott Alexander asks readers to participate in the 2019 Slate Star Codex Survey, which helps him gather data about his audience and conduct informal research for future blog posts. Longer summary
Scott Alexander is requesting readers to take the 2019 Slate Star Codex Survey. The survey is divided into two parts: Part I, which takes about 10 minutes and asks basic questions, and Part II, which takes about 15 minutes and focuses on research topics. The survey helps Scott learn more about his readers, plan community events, and gather informal research data for future blog posts. He explains some limitations of the survey, including America-centric questions and privacy considerations. Scott emphasizes that the survey is open to all readers, regardless of how frequently they visit the blog, and expresses his appreciation for participants' time and effort. Shorter summary
Dec 21, 2017
ssc

Please Take The 2018 SSC Reader Survey

1 min • 105 words • 653 comments • podcast (2 min)
Scott Alexander asks Slate Star Codex readers to take the 2018 SSC Reader Survey, which is divided into three sections of varying lengths. Longer summary
Scott Alexander is requesting readers of Slate Star Codex to participate in the 2018 SSC Reader Survey. The survey is divided into three sections, each taking about ten minutes to complete. Readers are encouraged to complete as many sections as they have time for, with Section 1 being the most important. Scott provides a link to the survey and mentions that additional information is available within the survey itself. He also allows for discussion in the comments but advises readers to complete the survey before reading the comments. Shorter summary
Jan 22, 2017
ssc

SSC Survey 2017

1 min • 132 words • 480 comments
Scott Alexander announces the 2017 SSC survey and requests readers to provide simple, machine-readable answers for easier processing. Longer summary
Scott Alexander announces the 2017 SSC survey and encourages readers who have read at least one SSC post to participate. He warns that the survey is quite long. Scott also adds an edit emphasizing the importance of providing simple, machine-readable answers for easier processing, giving examples of good and bad responses to illustrate his point. Shorter summary