John Gibbo needs help with his thesis

If you're not busy, he needs people to sample a couple different social sites and compare to his in a survey. One is facebook, which most of us are already familiar with. Email me if you have any questions, but here are John's instructions:

Hello Everyone,

I'm in need of people to try out three different web site and evaluate their usefulness. The dead line for completion is October 31stso I'm in need of as much help as I can get this week. If you are already familiar with facebook, then take just an hour to help me out and complete these user evaluations. The instructions are below:


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Hello User,

Thank you participating in this user survey of the following web applications:
Facebook
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Friend Lens

To participate in this survey you must meet the following minimum requirements:
1. If not already installed, install Firefox 3.0 or greater. (Internet Explorer and Chrome will not benefit our survey. We also request that all participants use the same web browser in the hopes to removing interface inconsistencies)
2. Create an account at each site
3. If any of the web applications require a firefox plug-in please follow the instructions on the respective site in order to do so. (Note: Installation of Facebook "Apps" are not required for this survey)

The survey that you will take can be found at http://friendlens.no-ip.org (it is a large link in the top menu after login)

Part of the survey is to evaluate the ease and intuitiveness of using a particular site, so you will not be given instructions here. In other words, it up the each web application to teach you how to use it. Feel free to look over the survey before you begin to ensure that you can confidently reply to all questions.

Important notes:
1. If any web site is unreachable or down, please notify the survey coordinator, John Gibbons, immediately

2. Remember to be as unbiased in your responses as possible. Do not allow prior familiarity with any of the web applications or knowledge of the origins of a web application to influence your responses.

3. This is an open survey. You can forward this email to anyone you wish as long as they will follow all of the instructions.

4. All survey submissions are anonymous. You do not have to submit or post personal information if you do not want to.

5. There is no time limit on how long you can use a given web application, but please spend at least 30 minutes with each before moving onto the survey.


Web Site URLs

Facebook
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Friend Lens

Thank you very much for your time. It is greatly appreciated.

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If you could email me back and let me know if you can help and/or send this email along to friends, family, or coworkers I would appreciate it.

Sincerely,


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John Gibbons