1. What is your age?
Twenty-five.
2. Are you male or female?
Male.
3. Do you know what the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is?
Indeed I do.
4. Would you be likely to donate time or money to protect civil liberties?
I don't really have much money at the moment, but if I did, I would certainly donate. I do have plenty of free time, so I would have no problem with volunteering.
5. Are rights like freedom of speech and privacy on the Internet important to you?
Freedom of speech and freedom of privacy are important civil liberties no matter what the context. Because the internet has become such an enormous part of the social and economic fabric of everyday life, giving up these rights online would have the same effect as it would if we conceded them "IRL," as the kids say.
6. How informed are you about legal issues regarding the Internet and computers?
I'm no expert, but I read the occasional article about technology and the law. I would say I've got a pretty good understanding for a layman.
7. Where do you get your news from?
I read The New York Times primarily, but I also take a peek at CNN.com every once in a while. BoingBoing.net lets me stay in on stories that may have slipped by the mainstream media, although they usually accompany their reportage with a fair amount of commentary and personal opinion.
8. What websites do you regularly visit, at least once a week?
Facebook, Twitter, Blogger, The New York Times, YouTube, Google, Wikipedia, several webcomics, and (of course) RPPR and its forums.
9. Do you feel comfortable spending money online?
Mostly. I tend to do business online with bigger companies, like Amazon, or smaller companies that use PayPal.
10. Would you prefer to read an article or watch a video to learn about something?
Either works just fine for me.
11. Do you think websites like Facebook and Twitter are useful to learn about new things?
Absolutely, although it's pretty much impossible to go on the internets nowadays without seeing ads. The tubes are flooded with 'em.
12. Do you pay attention to news sources that are outside the mainstream, such as foreign new services or independent documentary filmmakers?
I do, although I'd be hard-pressed to name more than a few of the aforementioned sources. I don't regularly turn to alternative sources for my news.