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Hi Brian I hate to point out what's probably reasonably obvious, but surely those who would go to the trouble of filling in the questionnaire would represent the majority of those actively interested in the issue, which would mean the 100s (1000s?) that didn't answer are likely to be indifferent, making indifference by far the most common reaction? I recommend you do the survey again, this time offering a draw to win a £10 Amazon voucher - then you'll get a truer representation! ;-) Best wishes Martin Kelleher Electronic Resources/Bibliographic Services Librarian University of Liverpool -----Original Message----- From: A general Library and Information Science list for news and discussion. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brian Kelly Sent: 30 March 2012 09:40 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Views on persistent postings to this (and other LIS-) lists For info I have now closed the survey. There were a total of 199 responses, with 237 people accessing the survey form. A total of 71% of respondents were annoyed by the inappropriate postings, 25% indifferent and 4% who were pleased to receive such postings. The 4% represents just 9 responses. I hope this provides evidence of the list members' views. Note that I am not a member of other lists, such as LIS-E-RESOURCES which also seem to have been subject to large numbers of inappropriate postings. If members of such lists wish to gauge views from fellow list members I would recommend use of such a survey form rather than discussions on list - we would all have been annoyed if there had been 237 messages posted on the list! Some further stats: Responses from UK: 189; from Ireland: 5; from US: 3; from Netherlands: 1 and from Australia: 1. From an analysis of the first 25 results, respondents spent between 6 seconds and 1 minute 23 seconds completing the form. Assuming an average of 30 seconds that would mean an overall total of almost 2 hours was spend collectively. Brian