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ARSE Statistics: 11,000 and counting

Michael Lehmkuhl from Electric Pulp sent me the new stats for the Asshole Rating Self-Exam (ARSE) this morning. The total number of "self-exams" is now over 11,000 -- one week after Guy Kawasaki posted it. Above, you can see the pattern of "test-taking" and scores. Here are the totals from Mich

As of Monday, February 12^th (7:00 AM PST): 11193 completers /6.59877 average score

Here's a breakdown:

2/9 -588 completers /6.16156 average score

2/10 -291 completers /6.32990 average score

2/11 - 246 completers /5.43902 average score

2/12 - 109 completers /5.82569 average score (so far today)

It looks like there is a lot of self-examination going on out there!

February 12, 2007 in The No Asshole Rule | Permalink

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I posted the link to the Asshole Rating Self-Exam on my office's social intranet. More than one colleague mentioned that they had found it most entertaining and revealing to answer the questions on behalf of other colleagues.

I suspect your survey results were influenced by other people taking the test with their own favourite assholes in mind!