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One In Ten Americans Thinks HTML Is a Type of Sexually Transmitted Infection

Posted by Soulskill on from the this-is-what-you're-up-against dept.

sandbagger writes "It looks like technical writers won't be unemployed any time soon. According to a recent study reported on by the LA Times, 11% of Americans thought HTML was a sexually-transmitted disease. The study, by coupon site VoucherCloud, involved 2,392 men and women 18 years of age or older. 27% thought 'gigabyte' was a South American insect, and 23% thought MP3 was a Star Wars robot. The participants were not told that the study was specifically looking into their knowledge of tech terms. They were presented with both tech and non-tech terms and were asked to choose from three possible definitions. 18% identified 'Blu-ray' as a marine animal, and 15% thought 'software' was comfortable clothing."

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  1. Could it be by deletedaccount · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That not everyone is taking this seriously?

  2. Fake "survey" is fake by gweilo8888 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just another sign of the demise of Slashdot. A clearly fake survey viral created solely to publicize a coupon website makes it to the front page of a site supposedly for people smart enough to know better than to fall for rubbish like this.

    Could this any more obviously be a viral scam? No.

    And nor could Slashdot any more obviously be a shadow of its former self.

  3. Slashdot Polls by spacecoyotefarva · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...are more scientifically rigorous.

  4. Multiple Choice Questions by wisnoskij · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Obviously these were multiple choice questions. So you cannot use the data like this. 10% do not actually think HTML is a STD, they just have no idea what HTML is.

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