[Tagging] Long Tail

[Daniel Koć]

W dniu 18.05.2015 19:24, Clifford Snow napisał(a):
> On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Janko Mihelić <janjko at 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

So I probably misunderstood the conclusions of "long tail" paper - 
sorry! ={

> 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

+1!

> 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.

That sounds great for me. I already try to make a life of local JOSM 
users (which tend to be dedicated) easier by carefully translating it, 
but I think only small fraction of people knows the OSM and we have a 
huge potential to grow. If we can use it, those "5%" will be much larger 
number of course, so I still feel this is the way to go.

We can also try to ask casual mappers (with small amount of 
contributions) what do they think about the project: what are their 
personal goals they would like to achieve here, what they like the most 
in OSM, and the most important part - what are the main obstacles they 
struggle with and what's missing. This is very interesting group for me, 
because after a few months (1-3?) or some initial amount of 
contributions (n>50? 100?) they already have some insight in the 
project, but still have a fresh look at it.

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