>>>This isn't a chain letter. It was a valid request for a survey. I filled it out and am interested in the results.
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>>The request to "send it to all your friends" certainly makes it look like a chain letter.
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>>While the intention may have been a good one, I have a deep distrust of any message with a clause like "send to all your friends".
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>>Hilmar.
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>Hilmar,
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>Survey seemed valid. No request for money, personal information was optional and no promises of good luck or prosperity. Just a simply survey for what seems a valid purpose.
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>Check it out... :)
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>Renoir

I probably would have checked it out if it weren't for the "chain letter" aspect. And I believe the message that started this thread is a chain letter, despite its good intentions (probably; my point is not to question the intentions of the writer): simply because of the request to forward to all you know. This request will, of course, be included when you forward it, and the chain continues.

I firmly believe a chain letter is not an appropriate method to distribute information, whether it be a (fake) virus warning, or a (more valid) request to help women in Afghanistan.

Hilmar.