[OSM-talk] online survey about the OSM community

Tony tony at world2xplane.com
Wed Aug 20 10:05:10 UTC 2014


I don't think it's a phishing attempt, apart from giving your email
address at the end if you want to get an amazon voucher, there is not
much that can be used to identify you.

I have to admit, the questions were a little odd and somewhat
personal, but guessing the research is what motivates people to
contribute and what sort of people they are.

Tony


On 20 August 2014 10:27, Nick Whitelegg <Nick.Whitelegg at solent.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> I have to admit I filled the thing in - I assumed the middle questions were
> perhaps psychology related (psychology of OSM users, etc).
> It never asks for name, email address, phone, place of work etc, town etc. -
> just age.
>
> Didn't really strike me as phishing.
>
> What do people think about this - I'll delete my cookies etc "just in case"
> it is phishing and run an antivirus scan but does anyone recommend doing
> anything else?
>
> Thanks,
> Nick
>
> -----"Jaakko Helleranta.com" <jaakko at helleranta.com> wrote: -----
> To: Clifford Snow <clifford at snowandsnow.us>
> From: "Jaakko Helleranta.com" <jaakko at helleranta.com>
> Date: 19/08/2014 09:38PM
> Cc: Talk Openstreetmap <talk at openstreetmap.org>, cdimofte at mail.sdsu.edu
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] online survey about the OSM community
>
> I too found the questions in the middle of the survey a bit odd. .. To the
> extent that I needed to re-read the email about the study + the Research
> page of the wiki to evaluate if this was a valid research of just an odd
> phishing attempt. And while I ended up trusting that this is a legit request
> I am copying this to cdimofte at mail.sdsu.edu (try to) ensure that this is
> actually the case.
>
> My last question (=feedback request) included thoughts that when researching
> OSM it would be a good idea to include the research plan (and I'd add that a
> link to some actual web page where hopefully there is a notion about the
> research in question). Specifically it would be highly appreciated if
> possible attachments e.g. to financing entities (related business(es) I
> would assume primarily) could be listed. .. Or it would be noted that such
> information can not be released.
> Additionally it would be great if the research would be open in nature
> including at least some level of openness in the data (responses). That is,
> more than the traditional openness of the analysis.
>
> This said, I hope I wasn't fooled into giving out information about myself
> that is actually easily identifiable. .. And if I was fooled than the lesson
> is on me.
>
> If -- as I assume (and hope) -- this is a valid research then I look forward
> to reading the results. And hopefully seeing some of the collected data
> openly available.
>
> Should we have a Code of Ethics for researching the OSM community?
>
> -Jaakko
>
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> On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Clifford Snow <clifford at snowandsnow.us>
> wrote:
>>
>> I had the same issue. It stopped being about OSM. Which made me suspect
>> that his intent was other than what was announced.
>>
>> I'd be willing to help the OP if he was agreeable to suggestions.
>>
>> Clifford
>>
>> Typos by tablrt
>>
>> On Aug 19, 2014 11:15 AM, "Lester Caine" <lester at lsces.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 19/08/14 17:47, OSMR wrote:
>>> > Thank you in advance for your potential participation and apologies for
>>> > the lengthy message in case you are not interested.
>>>
>>> I gave up before I got half way - just seems like a load of useless
>>> crap? Anybody actually managed the whole thing?
>>>
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