• David From SpaceA
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    3 days ago

    Ya know, I have three Linux machines that play games and a steam deck. I have not seen a survey in a very long time. I wonder why?

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      3 days ago

      Because it’s a random set and spread across the whole hundred million users of Steam. The chances of any person being selected more than annually are low.

    • JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl
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      2 days ago

      Conversely, I game only on a Linux machine and have received 3-5 surveys in the last year.

      It may have a variety of factors, but it is not as simple as “they aren’t giving surveys to Linux users to deflate numbers” or something that some Linux users tend to theorize when they don’t get surveys for a while.

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      You can always deny the survey…I would hope that means they don’t use the data anyway. But I understand the motivation if they do (not a truly random sample if people are more likely to deny on one platform vs another).