Highlights from reader feedback for Opensource.com

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Every year we ask our readers what they think of Opensource.com: how they use the site, how they share articles, what they want to read, and more. The survey is a great learning tool for us, and we try to make it informative for readers, too.

By taking the survey, readers also learn more about the site and could enter our prize drawing. This year we randomly chose seven winners and gave away one CanaKit for Raspberry Pi, one Opensource.com backpack, and five Opensource.com T-shirts. See our fun video about it:

Here are a few highlights from our reader survey responses:

Results from Reader Survey 2015

Most survey respondents:

  • read Opensource.com articles on RSS, Twitter, and the homepage
  • also read Reddit, Twitter, Ars Technica, Wired, CNET, and TechCrunch

Top articles of interest:

  • Linux
  • tech tutorials
  • software projects
  • open data
  • open science
  • 3D printing
  • Creative Commons

Write for us

Ninety-six survey respondents asked us to contact them about writing for us. To share your open source story, submit your article idea to us.

Don't think you have a story to tell? If you answer yes to any of these questions, you do:

  • Have you started or worked on an open source project?
  • Do you use Linux at home and/or at work?
  • Do you use open source tools for personal or professional reasons?

Resources

Lots of readers didn't know we have resource pages. We also have an events calendar and an editorial calendar, which includes links to our columns.

Prizes

With seven prizes up for grabs, 411 survey takers participated in the drawing.

Thanks for participating!

The Opensource.com team thanks everyone who participated in the reader survey. If you missed the survey but still want to send us your feedback, email us or let us know on Twitter.

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Jen leads a team of community managers for the Digital Communities team at Red Hat. She lives in Raleigh with her husband and daughters, June and Jewel.

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Is the (anonymized) data from this survey available somewhere?

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