On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Clifford Snow <cliff...@snowandsnow.us> wrote:
> 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. > Let's use human power, not spam power. How about if first edits caused some sort of flag that experienced users see, and can welcome and thank the new user for registering and contributing. This is possible now, but not really part of the standard tool set and definitely not part of the culture. --- Beyond that: OSM has huge growth areas in "issue mapping". The most recent that came up is pet rest areas. There must be people with dogs that need these on a regular basis, who could start mapping those features, and maybe move on to "classic" OSM editing.
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