I've been ignoring this thread in hopes that it would die out on its own.
No such luck. Anyway, I must ask that any further responses on this be
sent directly to the original poster.

Opinion surveys and the like should always be done *off* the list. Post
the original question to the list, asking for replies to be sent directly
to you; then, when you have all the replies, you may post a summary of
results on the list. But please don't cause a situation where everyone and
her uncle are spamming their own preferences out to all one thousand or so
list subscribers -- unless the question is "what did you think of the fic
that I posted," which is the reason we have this list.

-Tybalt