Geek Native does not think either Dungeons & Dragons or Facebook are an evil influence. Use both responsibly, and you will be fine.
The chances are if you’re a geek native yourself you may agree people may misuse technology, platforms or become muddled by something they read but that doesn’t mean the problem is with the tool.
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There’s a time when the percentage of non-geeks visiting Geek Native is higher than usual, though, and that is while the site is running a competition. What to do with all these non-geeks on the site? We could ask them a question that a geek native would find interesting. So, when we had a copy of Buffy the Vampire Slayer – The Official Grimoire to give away that’s what we did.
This experiment isn’t a scientific survey as there was a prize involved and no rigur on vetting candidates. If you found the competition and have a UK address, then you could take part. However, we got over 100 responses.
![Which is more likely to be an evil influence - Facebook or D&D?](https://images-geeknative-com.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/22155524/Which-is-more-likely-to-be-an-evil-influence_all.png?strip=all&lossy=1&sharp=1&ssl=1)
According to this poll, Facebook is far more likely than D&D to be an evil influence. 87.29% of respondents picked Facebook compared to only 12.71% who singled out the tabletop roleplaying game.
Women are more likely to think D&D is an evil influence
In this survey, we also asked people to say which gender they identified with and we had responses from men and women.
![Women v D&D](https://images-geeknative-com.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/22155557/Women_-Which-is-more-likely-to-be-an-evil-influence_.png?strip=all&lossy=1&sharp=1&ssl=1)
It turns out women are four times as likely to think Dungeons & Dragons is more likely to be an evil influence than Facebook compared to men. 17.8% of respondents who identify as women picked D&D in contrast to only 4.4% of men who selected the game.
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What do you think? Facebook or D&D?
Facebook has had a rough year with plenty of scandals. They’ll be pleased to see the end of 2018. Forty years earlier, though, America experienced the ‘Satanic Panic‘ and parents worried Dungeons & Dragons caused moral conflict and worse.
If you had to pick one of the two as more likely to be an evil influence would you choose D&D or Facebook?
Creative Commons credit: Mirko Failoni with “Remember our Battles”.