^ thanked for the scoobie doo reference

For the research, I'd go with 1. Partly because I don't really have anyone that I'm super close with (ie miss crayon's friend posted above) and while you will get some garbage responses there's a lot of good idea's that usually come up. Plus the anonymity helps with being more truthful about the issue, also getting a more accurate response, because you're not worried about if this info will spread or change someone's view of you.