<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Janko Mihelić <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:janjko@gmail.com" target="_blank">janjko@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">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%.</blockquote></div><br>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. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Clifford<br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">[1] <a href="http://osmstats.neis-one.org/">http://osmstats.neis-one.org/</a><br><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>@osm_seattle<br></div><div><a href="http://osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us" target="_blank">osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us</a></div><div>OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch</div></div></div>
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