We're doing an Academic Study on Boredom, give us 5 minutes?

  • This feels like a startup is doing marketing research to justify their product.

    "Do you think there is something missing from the internet?" [Maybe like our site?]

    "What recurring sites do you visit?" [Who is our competition?]

    "You find $30.00 on the ground, what are you going to do with it?" [Would you maybe spend it with us?]

    How about asking things like:

    - What parts of the internet are truly useful to you? Are there any compromises that those benefits introduce?

    - What parts of the internet are harmful to you? What are those things attempting to accomplish?

    - What could we take away from the internet? How would we do that?

  • This is not an "academic study". No institutional review board of a university would approve this.

  • > How generally do you pass time when you're bored?

    I’m never bored.

  • If this is an academic study, why do you offer a cat option in the gender question?

  • The irony on this was not missed.

  • Is there any particular reason why gender listed the way it is?