Undernet Survey

What is your favorite Undernet Server?

NewBrunswick.NJ.US.Undernet.Org

SantaClara.CA.US.Undernet.Org

dallas.tx.us.undernet.org

austin.tx.us.undernet.org

toronto.on.ca.undernet.org

webchat.md.us.undernet.org

Amsterdam.NL.Eu.UnderNet.org

Diemen.NL.EU.Undernet.org

Haarlem.NL.EU.UnderNet.Org

Gothenburg.SE.EU.Undernet.org

Caen.Fr.Eu.UnderNet.org

graz.at.Eu.UnderNet.org

Oslo.NO.EU.Undernet.org

Flanders.Be.Eu.Undernet.org

Brussels.Be.Eu.Undernet.org

auckland.nz.undernet.org

McLean.VA.us.undernet.org

atlanta.ga.us.undernet.org

Arlington.VA.US.Undernet.Org

NewYork.NY.US.Undernet.Org

washington.dc.us.undernet.org

SaltLake.UT.US.UnderNet.Org

Baltimore.MD.US.Undernet.Org

montreal.qu.ca.undernet.org

Manhattan.KS.US.Undernet.Org

LasVegas.NV.US.Undernet.org

SanDiego.CA.US.Undernet.Org

London.UK.eu.Undernet.org

Paris.Fr.Eu.Undernet.Org

Which Undernet server is the worst?

Who is your favorite undernet oper?

And the one you have been waiting for! Who is the oper you would love to see jump off the Empire State Building without a parachute?

So, is X or W the better bot to have in your registered channel?

X

W

Now on to our new section; we are interested in the demographics of our undernet users. There has been much speculation about the demographics and habits of our users, thus these questions. We will post the overall stats once we obtain enough responses for meaningful charts. Note: Percentages were used in some of the following questions so that estimating/rough guessing would be easier. Just make rough guesses and we will be happy :-) What is your sex? (No rough guesses permitted on this question :P)

Male

Female

What is your age range?

How many hours a week do you spend connected to the Internet (including "idle time")?

What is the percentage of the time that you are connected to the Internet that you are maintaining a connection to any IRC server? (Example: If you average 10 hours a week connected to the Internet, and of that 10 hours you average 3 hours a week connected to any IRC server, your answer is 30%)

What is the percentage of the time that you are connected to the Internet that you are maintaining a connection to an Undernet IRC server? (Example: If you average 10 hours a week connected to the Internet, and of that 10 hours you average 3 hours a week connected to an Undernet IRC server, your answer is 30%. Also note that your answer to this question cannot be larger than your answer to the previous question - if you are always connected to an Undernet server when you are connected to IRC servers, then the answer here will be the same as your answer to the previous question)

Of the total time that you are connected to an Undernet server, what percentage of that time are you actively watching or chatting on the Undernet; i.e. what percentage of the time do you have the Undernet in the forefront, actively watching what is going on?

What kind of connection to the Internet does your computer or Local Area Network have at the location that you do the majority of your IRCing from?

14.4k Modem or less

28.8 or 33.6k Modem

56k Modem

DSL of some form

Cable of some form

Better than Cable or DSL

Would you consider your career, or current educational curriculum, or planned educational curriculum, to be computer-related?

From the following, choose the one that best describes the location from which you do the majority of your IRCing:

1 computer

2+ computers not networked

LAN with 1 Internet connection

Do you have a local firewall of some sort?

Yes

No

Which best describes your Virus Protection situation?

None

I have it but never use it

I scan periodically

Its current and always active

I consider myself:

Computer illiterate

Just starting to learn

Know my way around

I am good

I am an computer expert

Do you have channel operator status in X or W in one or more channels?

Yes

No

State your preference between registered (have X or W) and unregistered channels:

I go to registered only

I go to unregistered only

My preference is registered

My preference is unregistered

I just do not care - nonfactor

On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being easy and 5 being hard, rate the ease of use of the undernet:

Rate the overall job performance of the Undernet IRC Server Operators (these are not the channel operators, but the operators who run the servers - they are often called opers or IRCops), with 1 being downright horrible, and 5 being unbelievably good:

True or False: An Undernet IRCop can interfere with any channel whenever and however he or she sees fit without having to justify his or her actions to anyone.

True

False

True or False: The Manager of a registered channel (one with X or W in it) is the final authority on who gets channel operator status and who can stay in his channel. He does not have to justify his actions within the channel to anybody.

True

False

True or False: IRCops (or opers) are paid employees of the Undernet

True

False

True or False: The Undernet allows people to advertise their services and/or products

True

False

Which of these statements about user run and controlled robots, or bots, as they are often called, is true:

Not allowed on any server

Allowed on bot servers

Allowed on any server

The Undernet is:

Too big - break it up

Just the right size

Too small - needs expansion

True or False: A sizable percentage of the splits that the Undernet experiences is due to a small group of people who think its cool to attack servers and hubs, thereby causing these splits.

True

False

An oper (or IRCop) is allowed to remove a user from the Undernet, if in his judgement, the user has been conducting Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks on other Undernet users, even if these DoS Attacks were not conducted through the Undernet's system.

True

False

True or False: There is no organized method for Undernet users to report problems that they observe with the Undernet, or with other Undernet users.

True

False

Does the Undernet provide a web-based interface to chat with?

No, and they shouldn't

No, but they should

Yes, but they shouldn't

Yes, and they should

abuse@undernet.org email is:

carefully read & responded to

sometimes read & responded to

never read - filed to dev/null

The cservice people decided they wanted in on this too! So here they are. Who is your favorite cservice representative (Admins & Officials)?

And which cservice rep would you like to see slowly lowered into a vat of boiling oil?

WALLOPS is often abused on the Undernet; IRCops use it to joke, make comments, and generally have some fun. This practice:

is unprofessional, and should be halted immediately.

is fun to watch, and should be allowed to continue.

Should Undernet publicly identify, by nick, individuals who are DoSing Undernet servers, services, or officials?

No, not at all

yes, by nick

yes by host/address

identify as much possible

Should giving users the option to hide their host/address and use nick@undernet.org be implemented?

Yes

No

How often do you use Denial of Service (DoS)?

Never, for any reason. It is illegal!

Seldom; Only when I am being heavily attacked myself.

Sometimes; if someone attacks me I fight back!

All the Time; it is fun andthe internet is rule of the strongest!