On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Janko Mihelić <jan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This talk by Richard Fairhurst suggests that 5% of mappers do 95% of work. > So it's more important to find those few dedicated mappers and make their > life easier, than to cater to the 95%. I find the proposition that we find ways to engage the 95% more compelling. The 5% have already figured out the system. In the last week,11-May to 17-May, OSM increased the number of users [1] by 10,700. Think of the results if each of those new users were to add just one edit a week. You might ask, so what is keeping people from editing? We could speculate, but without asking I don't think we will ever know. So why not ask? The problems is right now we have no easy way to contact new users to ask them. We have a mindset that OSM should not "spam" the users. I think it is time to change that mindset. I propose that we allow for limited contact with new users. Offer an optional new users survey when they join, and send followups at 1 week and 1 month to remind them to make a contribution. Of course we should offer an opt out after the first email. Clifford [1] http://osmstats.neis-one.org/ -- @osm_seattle osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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