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	kitt_in_socks 2011-09-29 07:16 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, you don't qualify if A) You live outside the US, B) You haven't actually bought any of the comics and C) If you answer anything other than "Never heard of it" to the question about "Nerak." There are probably other reasons, too, but I haven't heard them. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleshebear 2011-09-29 11:05 pm UTC (link)
	So...they're trying to lure in new readers but they're severely limiting their market research? Yeah, DC, that makes sense. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandglass 2011-09-30 01:26 am UTC (link)
	They probably don't want us dirty feminists telling them we want better female characters without ever buying their shit. So I lied and told them I'd bought the comics that I would consider buying if DC didn't hate women. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bemysty 2011-09-30 03:40 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, that's what I did, too. I picked a random town from Wikipedia, used the zip code and filled everything else out based on what I would have bought if I wasn't so infuriated by DC's "choices" in characterisation etc. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	blue_penguin 2011-09-30 06:33 am UTC (link)
	This was also my strategy. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	aaron_agonistes 2011-09-30 07:22 pm UTC (link)
	There were several titles on the 52 list that I would have bought if it weren't for DC's fail. So I just claimed that I bought those, and my survey was accepted. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	seiberwing 2011-09-29 11:10 pm UTC (link)
	Why are they not talking to comics fans who didn't buy any of the comics? That seems somewhat noteworthy. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zebeckras 2011-09-29 11:13 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah - they have an option for "Read it but didn't buy it" but apparently if you didn't spend money on it due to total disgust you have no right to complain. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kitt_in_socks 2011-09-30 03:57 am UTC (link)
	A) To skew the results. B) I've heard some people speculate that the whole thing is more for Diamond publishers than DC itself. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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bemysty
2011-09-30 04:47 am UTC (link)

Because they know that there are more than a few people who may have considered buying some issues but were alienated by the behind the scenes shenanigans or the awful content of the books. If they accepted submissions from those people, the results would look very different from the results they want with these surveys. They're essentially pulling the wool over their own eyes.

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cmdr_zoom
2011-09-30 05:50 pm UTC (link)

Although I agree this is part of the general fail, I can think of one actually valid reason: to eliminate the "complaining about ~~shows you don't watch~~ comics you don't buy" factor. There are people out there who will go on long but ultimately uninformed rants about things; consider all the recent moral panics about sex (and sometimes violence) in video games that the speaker hasn't actually played, but heard about from someone who heard about...

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cmdr_zoom
2011-09-30 05:54 pm UTC (link)

(I always press return ten seconds before I finish the thought. :p)

Except in this case, I think most of the people who are likely to complain are informed as to the content - thanks to the wonder of the internet, and scans, or picking up the issue in a comic shop and then quickly putting it back down in horror and/or disgust. Possibly more informed than the people at DC putting out this tripe.

There probably is a little bit of mob mentality and second- or third-hand repetition re: the unseen going on, but IMO it's small compared to the institutional FAIL and deafness (tone and otherwise) on the other side.

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	bemysty 2011-09-30 07:35 pm UTC (link)
	The problem with this is, though, that they DO have a category for "read but not bought" - so even if you DID read the titles and HAVE your own informed opinion which you'd like to share with DC you're rejected unless you actually bought the issue in question. Or, in other words: You're only allowed to have an opinion if you throw money at DC first. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cmdr_zoom 2011-10-02 10:36 am UTC (link)
	Oh. Well, in that case, fuck that. (Reply to this)(Parent)

wook77
2011-10-01 09:41 am UTC (link)

I said I wasn't interested to Nerak and it let me take the survey.

I did make the mistake of buying one of the comics so I didn't lie about that part. I'm just glad that I bought the Teen Titans one to share with my nephews and it isn't too bad with the super huge boobs.

I used every textbox to lambast them for their hypersexualized T&A wish fulfillment show except for the box asking me what I thought of my local comic store which is rather awesome and, when I bought my comic, said "I wouldn't read some of these, if I were you. They're just boobs boobs boobs". So there's hope out there, I guess :/

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	Late to the party as usual... dragonsong12 2011-10-03 06:25 pm UTC (link)
	Luckily, I'm an avid comics reader and had decided to try out a bunch of the new #1's, so I could answer honestly on it and gave my thoughts as well, on this and other topics. (Not to imply I'm against the people who skirt the system to give DC an earful since they more than deserve it, I'm just happy to be using my comic buying habits for good!) (Reply to this)(Parent)

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