[OSM-talk] Shoud OSM Help move to Stackexchange community?

[Tobias Knerr]

On 09.09.2012 17:43, Mike N wrote:
>   I agree here - because it would still use OpenID, etc the only thing
> to lose would be the capability to reuse the OSM password.   But as we
> all know, reusing passwords across sites is a poor security practice and
> should be discouraged.

I'm not sure what you are getting at. The concerns are about losing the
ability to log in to the OSM help installation using the OSM account,
which has nothing to do with reusing passwords.

>    The added exposure through StackExchange can only help.  Highly
> technical people are part of the population profile we are trying to
> attract.

In my experience, new people go to that type of site when they have a
question, i.e. *after* they have become aware of the project and started
their first attempt to contribute to it or use it. That hardly makes it
a good recruiting tool.

Tobias