[OSM-talk] Shoud OSM Help move to Stackexchange community?
John F. Eldredge
john at jfeldredge.com
Sun Sep 9 23:21:49 BST 2012
Tobias Knerr <osm at tobias-knerr.de> wrote:
> 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
>
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I, for one, am a "technical person", having worked as a programmer/analyst for the last 26 years, and had never heard of StackExchange until the current discussion came along.
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