On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 5:22 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 5:11 PM, Donald Whytock <dwhyt...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > >>> My take away from the thread was that the preference is not to do > >>> anything, and in effect continue to ignore the votes. Whether they > >>> are reset or ignored is immaterial to me. I'll just work on better > >>> and more accurate ways of getting user feedback, that are not > >>> dependent on Bugzilla votes. > >> > >> Well, you can do both, sort of...showcase the item with the most > >> votes, perhaps in a blog post, or a regular ML/forum feature, > >> effectively asking: "Is anyone still concerned about this issue? Is > >> anyone prepared to take ownership of this issue?" > >> > > > > Won't work. If you ask a group of people that question and say that > > the issues already received many votes, then they will replicate that > > result due to anchoring bias: > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchoring > > > > So of course you'll see them say that the issues are still important. > > We're seeing that bias even today. > > > > But the problem is our most frequently-requested features today, > > namely iOS and Android support, are not even listed in Bugzilla as > > issues. > > > > So my approach will be to not use Bugzilla issues at all. > > > > Sorry, I should mention that I have no objections if you want to do > something else. But IMHO if you do not reset the votes then it will > take another decade for a RFE from today to have the same opportunity > for votes as an issue from 2002. So going down that path is a > exercise in futility as far as I can tell. Better to start from > scratch with a well-designed survey. YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ...and make it easy for users to participate! Short, sweet, native languages, etc. > That's my preference and choice, > but I don't want to force it on anyone else if you have a different > approach that makes sense to you. > > -Rob > > > -Rob > > > >> If the answer appears to be no to both, wipe out its votes and see if > >> it creeps up again. Then proceed to the new most-voted item. > >> Lather, rinse, repeat. > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "Achieving happiness requires the right combination of Zen and Zin."
