That’s democracy: 93% prefer internet life under a profit-sucking behemoth to Conroyland
You may recall that yesterday, media minister Stephen Conroy opened fire on Facebook, asking the question:
“What would you prefer?’ A corporate giant who is answerable to no one and motivated solely by profit making the rules on the internet, or a democratically elected government with all the checks and balances in place?”
We put it to a poll.
The results:
Who do you want to look after the internet?
- A corporate giant who is answerable to no one and motivated solely by profit making the rules on the internet? 93%
- Stephen Conroy? 7%
Dr Mumbo thanks the 398 people who took the trouble to vote.
Well it could have been re-written:
A corporate giant who is answerable to no one and motivated solely by profit making the rules on the internet?
A political hack who is answerable to no one and motivated solely by securing conservative and right-wing christian support for the next election?
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In my own polling data, it seems that more people believe that Technoviking would be qualified to run the department, than the Senator.
http://bit.ly/c1ByKK
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The above is just the opposite of most other survey’s.
which goes to prove this survey is dodgy.
398 people sure isnt a big enough sample to make it a proper survey anyway.
Makes me wonder IF Telstra PAID Dr Mumbo or he actually works for Telstra. along with the 398 respondents.
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^Anything with a sample size over 100 is a “proper survey”. Bear in mind this is probably industry people with a clue answering the survey, and not clueless mums and dads on the smh or today tonight website.
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Hi Dotti,
Kind as you are to defend the survey, let’s remember that my question was meant to be ironic. As I’m sure the votes were too.
Cheers,
Tim – Mumbrella
Don’t forget, that a “proper survey” is one where you take a random selection of the population, not a self-selecting one where the only people responding are those who feel strongly enough about the issue to bother answering a voluntary survey.
So, no, this isn’t a “proper survey” at all, merely an amusing poll, as clearly indicated by the way the question was framed. 😀
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