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I am writing a college paper on discourse comunities and I have chosen to research MFP. A discourse community is a group in which all the members share one or more things in common. Please answer the following questions to this survey. Thank y'all in advance! (ALL INFORMATION WILL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL IN THIS ESSAY. NO NAMES, GOALS, OR LOCATIONS WILL BE REVEALED. IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY OF THIS ESSAY WHEN IT IS FINISHED, OCTOBER 24TH, THEN PLEASE EMAIL ME AND I WILL SEND IT ON MONDAY)

MFP Background
1. What is your age?
2. Male or Female?
3. Race (White, African American, Asian, Native American, Latino etc)
4. What country are you from?

MFP Communication between members
1. How do members communicate?
2. What do members discuss?
3. Are there different places to communicate for different conversations? (Ex/ To give motivation to other members, where would you post and why?)
4. How did you find out about MFP?
5. How is "internet drama" resolved?

MFP Language
1. What are some common words used on this site?
2. What are common discussion topics?
3. What is the most effective language to use on this site? (Abreviations, formal, etc)
4. What are some words that only a MFP member would recognize?

MFP Success
1. In your opinion, why is MFP so successful?
2. What keeps you logging onto MFP daily?
3. What is your favorite feature on this site?
4. What are you looking to get out of MFP? (Goals)

MFP Groups
1. What groups are formed within MFP?
2. What qualifies an MFP member as being an "ideal" member? In other words, what does a member need to do in order to be accepted in this group?


If you would like to make any further suggestions or comments feel free to email me. Again thank you to those who participate.