Gov Survey 2014

So, after the comments people have been making recently about the site and staff etc, I came up with the idea for a survey, where members can have their say on things and give some feedback. One of the points that was made that I agree with was that the members and staff is far too "them vs us", and it's something that while i'm on staff i'll be looking to change. I want the staff, whether Moderators, Global Mods or Admins, to be more approachable, and I want us to listen more to what people have to say, otherwise we're never going to move forward.

Anyway, these are the questions I came up with (with help from James and Brad). Answer them as honestly as you can, and feel free to give as much or as little detail as you want (the more the better though, really as it gives us a better idea of what points are being made). You don't have to answer them all, but it'd help us if you did! Anyone is free to answer this survey, whether you've been here 10 years or 10 minutes, have 50,000 posts or 5, it's open to everyone.

Now that's out of the way, the questions:
How did you find Gov?


What were your first impressions?


(In your opinion) have things changed for the better or worse in the time you've been here, and why?


What's helping keep you here, what makes you want to keep coming back?


What are some ways that you think the site could be improved (list as many or as few as you wish)?


Where do you see Gov in 5 years time?


Anything else you'd like to add?

So yeah, that's it. Massive thanks to anybody who takes the time to fill this out, it's muchly appreciated. Hopefully once we get enough replies it'll give us an idea of what we can do to change this place for the better and get people wanting to start posting again.

Thanks guys!