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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 4005522" data-attributes="member: 18">It befits anyone discussing things on the internet, and especially someone who is a professional in some sort of research field, to realize that they are not objective (indeed, no-one is, as you say), but rather attempting to be objective. I can respect attempting to be objective, but once you start claiming that you actually are, well, it rings false to me.   Indeed, but this is the internet, land of liars and frauds, and worse, people who convince themselves that they're telling the truth whilst bending it so far that most people would think it fiction. To me, given my experience with the wild claims of internet denizens, your entirely unsupported claims are worse than worthless. They actually detract from the quality of the debate, rather than enhancing it. By posting figures that you point-blank refuse to source in any way, shape, or form, you damage the debate, I would suggest. By alluding to secret knowledge you "cannot share for business reasons" you come across potentially as a phoney, and again you damage the quality of the debate because it becomes about your truthfulness, rather than about the subject. I would suggest you do not continue to mention how this is "your business", do not bring up unsourced figures, and do not allude to secret knowledge. It doesn't help, in my experience, at least <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />First you might want to be careful with your language. I'm guessing you're not a native English speaker, because use of the imperative (as bolded) on other people who are cooperating with you, rather your underlings/students, is usually considered somewhat rude. Most people would have put "please" at the beginning of the bolded part. Without please? It sorely tempts me to go post just such a thing immediately <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />As for criticism, well, first off, I think it's very important to have a where the options are more concise and precise. It's also important to balance the number of negative and positive responses.For example, I would have had a title that reflected the poll, rather than a general title about how one feels, I would have made the poll more oriented towards facts rather than feelings, and I would have laid out the answers (assuming I wasn't trying to bias the poll <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />) as follows:1. I currently play/run the FR and will likely continue to purchase FR products in 4E, and play/run the 4E setting.2. I currently play/run the FR and will likely continue to purchase FR products in 4E, but play/run the old setting or an extremely variant setting.3. I do not currently play/run the FR, nor have done before, but am interested in playing/running the 4E FR.4. I do not currently play/run the FR, but I am an old FR "fan", and am interested in playing/running the 4E FR.5. I currently play/run the FR, but am uncertain whether I will continue to purchase FR products in 4E.6. I currently play/run the FR, and am very unlikely to continue to purchase FR products in 4E.7. I do not currently play/run the FR, nor have done before, and I am not interested in the 4E FR.8. I do not currently play/run the FR, but I am an old FR "fan", and I am not likely to purchase FR products in 4E.Just off the top of my head. Duller, no doubt, but more accurate, I think. Feel free to criticise/modify.</blockquote>[/QUOTE]

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