12+ Questions about how you use Google+ Hangouts

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This is a short and unofficial survey about Google+ Hangouts and how you use them. Be sure to answer all required* questions. Once you are complete, please share this survey with your circles and friends to help gather more results. Once the desired number of surveys have been returned, the results and analysis will be posted on the Statistics page. Thank you for your time! If you have any feedback, please leave it on the survey about this survey on the page after completion.

What is the Ideal Number of Participants in a Google+ Hangout? *

If you could choose every time you started a hangout the maximum number of people to join, which would you select?

More than 10 People

10 People

9 People

8 People

7 People

6 People

5 People

4 People

3 People

2 People

When Someone Joins an Active Google+ Hangout, Should their Audio be Automatically Muted? *

For example, 8 people are having an in-depth conversation, and someone joins from a mobile phone with lots of background noise. Should they be muted upon joining?

Yes

Have you ever muted a user in a Google+ Hangout? *

Yes

If you answered 'Yes' to the previous question, why did you mute the user?

There was too much background noise.

There was an audible echo or feedback from the hangout.

The person interrupted the conversation at hand.

The user was talking to other people (such as people in the room with them or on the phone).

The volume on the user's microphone was too loud.

In order to annoy the user.

For fun.

Other:

Have you ever blocked a user in a hangout? *

Yes

If you answered 'Yes' or 'Sometimes' to the previous question, why did you block the user?

Inappropriate behavior

The user was annoying

The user did not have a microphone or webcam

Poor audio quality.

The user was utilizing a mobile device and would not mute their microphone.

Other:

Clear selection

If someone interrupts or talks over you while you are talking in a Hangout, how do you respond? *

Please answer as though the interruption is ether intentional or unintended. You may select multiple answers.

Continue talking.

Mute the user.

Block the user.

Let the user continue talking

Tell the user to wait until you are finished with your thought.

Quit the hangout immediately and begin knitting the afgan for your mother, Christmas is around the corner.

Yell, Scream or Insult the user that interrupted you for not having any manners and sarcastically offer to send them a copy of Emily Post

Required

Do you follow the conversation in the chat window during a Google+ Hangout? *

Yes

Sometimes

Do you normally invite 'Public' to your Hangouts? *

Also known as "making a hangout public"

Yes

Sometimes

Does it bother you when another user invites 'Extended Circles' or 'Public' to a limited hangout? *

Yes

If you answered 'Yes' to the previous question, why does it bother you when 'Extended Circles' or 'Public' is invited to the hangout?

Really search your feelings on this response...

It was a 'Limited' hangout for a reason.

The user that invited additional circles or 'Public' never asked or stated that they were sending the invitation.

I only like to talk to people I know.

I am not comfortable with users who speak foreign languages in the hangout.

I think only the originator of the hangout should be able to control invitations.

Other:

Have you ever been less than truthful about why you were leaving a hangout? *

Be honest here...

Yes, I said I was going to sleep but ended up going to another hangout.

Yes, I said I was going to be right back, but never returned.

Yes, I said I was running late for something and spent another two hours on Google+

No, I'm like Jim Carey in that movie, I can't tell a lie!

Other:

Required

When using hangouts, do you find it annoying when users don add-ons such as reindeer antlers and mustaches? *

This has been found to be distracting for some businesses using this feature, please answer appropriately.

Yes

Sometimes

Have you ever viewed or participated in an 'On Air' Google+ Hangout? *

Yes

No, but I would like to.

No, I am not interested.

Do you think the Suggested User List should contain less celebrities and more "regular people" that engage and interact with the community, such as in hangouts? *

Yes

Who would you like to hangout with that you haven't had the chance to? *

Type 'I'm a hermit' if you do not want to meet anyone else. A response is required for this question.

EXTRA CREDIT: After meeting people in virtual hangouts, which G+ member are you most interested in meeting in real life (HIRL) and why?

HIRL is an acronym for "Hangout in Real Life"

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