[Talk-us] Open survey on participation biases in OSM

[Charlotte Wolter]

Nick,

         This is a study, not a manifesto. All this researcher is doing
is looking for gender bias, IF it exists, in OSM mapping.
         So, I have to ask, what would you do if she does find certain
areas of gender bias in OSM and reports them? Would you be
angry and quit mapping? Would you ignore the report? Or would
you make subtle changes in your mapping to avoid that bias?
         The choice is yours.

Charlotte


At 02:53 AM 9/5/2017, you wrote:
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>We are, mostly, volunteers. Therefore I think we should map
>whatever takes our fancy and should not feel obliged to spend
>our time/money on mapping that we do not want to do willingly.
>If the location-based service providers find that certain info is
>missing that they would like to have, then maybe they could pay
>someone to collect the data, or even better, do it themselves.
>If you can convince mappers to alter their mapping habits, well
>and good, but trying to shame or threaten them into doing so
>will just destroy whatever community there is.
>Your statement (highly paraphrased) of "If you don't map what I
>want you to map, then nobody is going to want to use your data"
>may not be the best way to win people over to your cause.
>
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