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And 45 minutes later I finally finish the survey. Way too long.

After a half hour I quit. Way too long.

The first part was interesting, and made me think.

But the second part had some poor survey design choices. For example, after I indicated that I did not use any of the social networking sites/tools listed in response to one question, the next question was about how tech marketers could use social media to influence me. No way to indicate N/A or skip to the next question. There were other questions where I wish I could have selected Not Applicable but that was not an option.

Another question asked me about whether I had signed up for any of a long list of things (like downloading apps, podcasts, or e-letters) within the past 12 months. I had used many of those things on a regular basis -- but I did not *sign up* within the past 12 months. Was the survey measuring usage? or recent enrollment? Hard to tell.

I think results will be skewed if folks have to choose a wrong response instead of being able to skip a question. No ability to add comments or feedback at the end, either. Don't know whether the survey creators read these comments...

Yes, way too long! On it for about 15 minutes when I noticed that I had only completed 13% of survey. MacWorld: get another survey co. Ques. very redundant and/or repetitive.

23" and only because very little of it applied to me otherwise could have taken twice as long.
Shows the surveyors just what people will do for the chance to win a free iPad!

For a survey that long you should be giving away a MacBook Pro Retina screen.

It took me 30 minutes on an iPad to complete. I did not skip anything, I read everything, and I thoughtfully answered everything as directed. It's repetitive and boring, but winning a new iPad would be worth it. However, NOT winning an iPad would of course make me regret it!

Is Macworld so short of money that they can't ship to the UK? If by, by some remote chance, one of your many UK readers won?
I haven't done the survey. Are there any questions that are pertinent to only US citizens?

First set of random paired questions is very poorly planned. When it forced me to answer a lie to a pairing (none of the questions "least described me" and several did "best describe me") I just quit. I do want to help improve the site (I live overseas so I don't do it for the prize) but I'll answer when you give us a better done test.

Wow, this is probably the longest survey I've ever filled out. I didn't time myself but it was definitely longer than 20 min.

My survey was only 5 mins, wonder which one you all took...

25 minutes. But as mentioned, a very poorly designed survey. The first 17% would be significantly faster (and significantly more accurate) with one single page/question where you prioritize everything in one go. You could easily define the same 'multi-level' comparisons with some simple stats. That would leave room for 1 or 2 test questions.

One serious fault with the survey (not already mentioned) is the lack of a back button.

One of the worst surveys I've ever taken. Horrible. Frustrating. Draining.

I gave up after 10 mins. and only 16% complete.

I felt like I was taking a psychology exam, and you're gonna reveal my most inner thoughts towards my preference for Lays potato chips vs. Strawberry daiquiris. WTH?

Certainly not worth some RANDOM chance at winning an iPad (that I probably wouldn't win, anyway...) I've never really cared about the "prize inside" much... never figure I'm gonna win, anyway. So, really, just contributing to the cause.

But, this survey makes me wanna skip every subsequent survey coming from Macworld, ever again.

I'm exhausted now.