Darren and crew over at Problogger have created a short survey billed as the Problogger 2012 Census. Obviously, and admittedly, they are doing this to help them develop a content path for the coming year, or at least months. The answers should, ostensibly provide them with insight into what bloggers are thinking and what they want to read.

Darren says it is to help make the blog as useful as possible, but ultimately, of course, it’s about learning what we will buy. That’s not a bad thing, per-say, but it is the truth of it.

As a member of the Problogger community, I have to say I hope something is done with it soon, before any more books are written or sites launched. It’s painful to log in and apparently Darren feels the same since he hasn’t done so since late September last year.

After his manager left him, every plan he has developed for the community seems to have fallen apart almost as he was putting it together and nothing has come to fruition. Still, the entry fee is $6 USD and his own figures quoted in his book were over 2,000 members. It seems like better than $12k would be worth a couple hours a month to make an appearance and chat some folks up.

Instead the thing is full of woe and misery like a back woods, broke neck, Hillbilly hoe down where the banjo only has one string and the moonshine jug is empty.

Still, we were actually talking about the survey, and it’s probably worth filling out. It might add something to the blog, it will probably help make a book or two you’ll actually want to read and it just doesn’t take that long.