[OSM-talk] Why do we have so many registered users with zero edits ?

[LM_1]

I found osm by accident when searching for a map editing tool. The first
experience was not great - what I got was a Potlatch centred on one line -
representing a street. What do I do now? Move the street - where? Potlatch
has quite minimalistic UI - that makes is simple, but also hides a lot of
its real possibilities. Showing JOSM as the first edit tool would probably
attract more advanced computer users, but discourage many who are less
friends with IT.
Immediately after registering one usually does not have any gps tracks or
specific information to put in. There is a lot of tools that search for
errors - why not to suggest the first few edits - it might make the first
steps easier.
Maybe something like http://play.kort.ch should be the first thing new
users see instead of Potlatch.

Lukáš Matějka (LM_1)

2013/4/12 Richard Fairhurst <richard at systemed.net>

> Cartinus wrote:
> > Most of these are people who didn't read what Openstreetmap was
> > about before they registered. They most likely thought they would
> > need to register to _USE_ all the features of Openstreetmap, not
> > contribute to it.
>
> +1. You'd be surprised how common this is. Our village website only
> requires
> registration to post (you can read everything without registering), and the
> posting UI is incredibly simple, yet the great majority of registered users
> have never posted.
>
> cheers
> Richard
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