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Re:C++ Dev Ecosystem 2021 by tored on Monday July 19, 2021 @06:22PM (#27887972)
To invite potential respondents to complete the survey, we used Twitter ads, Facebook ads, Instagram, Quora, VK, and JetBrains’ own communication channels. We also posted links to some user groups and tech community channels, and we asked our respondents to share the link to the survey with their peers.

Probably not where you would look for vim & emacs users.

https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2021/methodology/

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Re:C++ Dev Ecosystem 2021 by user5994461 on Monday July 19, 2021 @07:17PM (#27888370)
>>> We also used a set of criteria to identify and exclude suspicious responses: [...] Surveys from identical IP addresses, as well as surveys with responses that were overwhelmingly similar.

That one picked my attention.

All developers in a company are behind a single NAT IP. It's a pretty bad idea to deduplicate based on IP.

I'd hate to find out that my answers were ignored because another coworker also filled the survey. We probably all received the same survey email the same day.

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Re:C++ Dev Ecosystem 2021 by MeinBlutIstBlau on Monday July 19, 2021 @07:56PM (#27888639)
Look for low ICQ numbers and you'll find them quick!
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Re:C++ Dev Ecosystem 2021 by 908B64B197 on Monday July 19, 2021 @07:16PM (#27888357)
Where would you look for Vim and Emacs users?
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Re:C++ Dev Ecosystem 2021 by TeMPOraL on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @07:00AM (#27892235)
/r/emacs, /r/vim, and HN of course. But definitely not through ads.
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Re:C++ Dev Ecosystem 2021 by hollerith on Monday July 19, 2021 @07:16PM (#27888362)
Hacker News would be a good place.
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