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

[Jean-Marc Liotier]

On 04/13/2013 12:16 PM, SomeoneElse wrote:
> On 12/04/2013 23:08, Johan C wrote:
>> The question is: how do we unlock this giant community potential?
>
> At the risk of being slightly heretical, I think that it's OK that OSM
> is a resource that people can use and perhaps update occasionally
> without actually "becoming mappers".  I update wikipedia occasionally,
> but haven't for months.  I have no desire to become a "wikipedian".

That is not heretical - it is perfectly fine that some people just want
to add their pet POI and never come back. But that is infinitely more
than the total lack of edit which is what I find puzzling.