johnboy
Bluelight Crew
Hello Everyone!
It is with great pleasure that I roll out this interactive survey to the Bluelight community.
Approximately 12 months ago Bluelight was approached by a team of researchers from Texas A & M University to assist them on a study funded by the NIDA (National Institution on Drug Abuse). The study originally labeled ‘Technology, Youth and the Proliferation of Drugs Use’ is designed to gained a more comprehensive understanding of what resources individuals turn to access data on the subject of drugs, their effects and other health factors related to them.
As I said, Dakeva and myself have been working with the researchers for 12 months now. We progressed quite slowly and with prudence in the early months as we felt each others organizations out. After almost a year, we have built a healthy working relationship based on trust and mutual respect.
As a result of this relationship and the work put in on both sides we have finally reached a survey that both sides agree will facilitate the collection of some very worthwhile data. This survey has been through a ‘beta run’ with the moderators, and is now ready to go live to the rest of the Bluelight community.
Though it isn’t required, I ask that EVERYONE take part in driving this survey by going to the survey site and taking the test:
TAKE THE SURVEY
There is a cover page written by the researches explaining your rights (including privacy) as a participant and you only have to answer the questions that you feel comfortable with.
Reasons why this study is important to Bluelight:
1.) It’s our chance and more importantly it’s your chance to stand up and be counted in a study that could ultimately shape future policy.
2.) It’s a chance for Bluelight to become further recognizable as a legitimate resource by scientific community.
3.) It demonstrates our willingness to work as partners with other organizations and shows a higher level of social responsibility to our community.
4.) It will help facilitate or ability to be involved in future projects as well as give us more sound credentials if ever pushed further into the public spot light.
5.) The data collected will give us a better understanding of our user base then we could ever have hoped to have on a demographical level.
Again, everyone’s participation is strongly encouraged as are comments on the survey. I will be posting this thread to a number of Bluelight’s high traffic forums so as to achieve the greatest degree of exposure. I would like to thank you all before hand for your commitment to helping us drive enrollment so that we are able to capture the largest data set possible – and that means Mods, Admins, Bluelighters, Greenlighters, Fartlighters… everyone!
Thanks, and happy surveying!
Sebastians_ghost
It is with great pleasure that I roll out this interactive survey to the Bluelight community.
Approximately 12 months ago Bluelight was approached by a team of researchers from Texas A & M University to assist them on a study funded by the NIDA (National Institution on Drug Abuse). The study originally labeled ‘Technology, Youth and the Proliferation of Drugs Use’ is designed to gained a more comprehensive understanding of what resources individuals turn to access data on the subject of drugs, their effects and other health factors related to them.
As I said, Dakeva and myself have been working with the researchers for 12 months now. We progressed quite slowly and with prudence in the early months as we felt each others organizations out. After almost a year, we have built a healthy working relationship based on trust and mutual respect.
As a result of this relationship and the work put in on both sides we have finally reached a survey that both sides agree will facilitate the collection of some very worthwhile data. This survey has been through a ‘beta run’ with the moderators, and is now ready to go live to the rest of the Bluelight community.
Though it isn’t required, I ask that EVERYONE take part in driving this survey by going to the survey site and taking the test:
TAKE THE SURVEY
There is a cover page written by the researches explaining your rights (including privacy) as a participant and you only have to answer the questions that you feel comfortable with.
Reasons why this study is important to Bluelight:
1.) It’s our chance and more importantly it’s your chance to stand up and be counted in a study that could ultimately shape future policy.
2.) It’s a chance for Bluelight to become further recognizable as a legitimate resource by scientific community.
3.) It demonstrates our willingness to work as partners with other organizations and shows a higher level of social responsibility to our community.
4.) It will help facilitate or ability to be involved in future projects as well as give us more sound credentials if ever pushed further into the public spot light.
5.) The data collected will give us a better understanding of our user base then we could ever have hoped to have on a demographical level.
Again, everyone’s participation is strongly encouraged as are comments on the survey. I will be posting this thread to a number of Bluelight’s high traffic forums so as to achieve the greatest degree of exposure. I would like to thank you all before hand for your commitment to helping us drive enrollment so that we are able to capture the largest data set possible – and that means Mods, Admins, Bluelighters, Greenlighters, Fartlighters… everyone!
Thanks, and happy surveying!
Sebastians_ghost
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