On 18 May 2015 at 18:24, Clifford Snow <cliff...@snowandsnow.us> wrote:
> > 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 > I disagree with this approach as it's targeted. Can we moderately safely assume new users edit with iD ? Can we not use that interface to offer a 'feedback' link available to all ? Even if it simply points to a dedicated wiki page for different feedback options connected with iD, the rendered map and even the wiki content etc. -- Mike. @millomweb <https://sites.google.com/site/millomweb/index/introduction> - For all your info on Millom and South Copeland via *the area's premier website - * *currently unavailable due to ongoing harassment of me, my family, property & pets* T&Cs <https://sites.google.com/site/pmailkeey/e-mail>
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