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But this survey is anonymous no? How does fear of retaliation affect results in anonymous survey?

• DoreenMichele 8y ago
  "I was working on (unique, highly identifiable thing) when (world's foremost expert that all insiders can immediately identify) suggested (fetish most insiders know he has)" turns into "Um, no comment." The survey is of 88 YC female founders from a pool of 125 people on a particular list. This already makes the list fairly small and on the world stage and in the public eye. If you really need it to remain quiet, your policy of saying nothing needs to be absolute.
  • y2kenny 8y ago
    They didn't publish the questions for this survey but I would imagine this survey did not require answer detail enough to be identifiable at any level. Do you disagree that an anonymous survey with yes/no answer is sufficiently anonymous? Perhaps folks from Callisto can comment further.
    • DoreenMichele 8y ago
      What I'm telling you is a person running in elite circles can have reasonable concerns that it is not sufficient. I'm also telling you the VC/angel funding crowd in a specific location is likely to be a small community where most folks know each other.
      • y2kenny 8y ago
        Ah. So we are not talking about the same thing then.
        • thaumasiotes 8y ago
          If you look up a couple of levels, you'll see yourself specifically referring to "this survey".
          • y2kenny 8y ago
            Right, exactly. Are you saying "this survey" is not anonymous? -edit- Clarification: I don't believe an anonymous survey with yes/no question is the same as a survey that ask for detailed answers that can potentially be identifiable. Hence this survey is not the same as what Doreen is alleging. (it's not the small elite circle part that I was disagreeing.)