I'm a serious WoW player but I'm also doing a PhD in marketing. I'm currently looking into how companies (e.g. Blizzard) manage online communities.
I'm wondering if there are any rules concerning doing research on the MMO Champion forums. Can I:
- Ask questions to get (qualitative) feedback from forum users?
- Use the poll tool to get more detailed feedback?
In all cases I will announce (in the first sentence of my post) that it's for research, and describe the intention.