Annie wrote:

As far as misunderstanding... well, I think it's obvious you understood

what

I wrote. It meant no more and no less than what I said. Was it "misunderstood"? At this point, it is a deliberate misunderstanding on the part of a few people because I have clarified what I meant several times

now.

I have to say that I took your first two posts to be critical of Jenkins. It wasn't clear whether the fans who were complaining had been directly involved in the study - if so, then Jenkins had clearly communicated poorly with those fans. I now gather from your further posts that the fans who were critical had _not_ been directly involved in the study at all, though I don't think you ever explicitly stated that. In which case Jenkins hasn't done anything wrong at all.

Personally, I don't see what reason fans would have to be upset about other fans participating in a study of fandom if they wished to, despite Susan Beth's attempts to explain. I'm afraid I just don't understand the mind set.

Louise