[OSM-talk] Quality of OSM Notes

[Ian Dees]

On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Bryce Nesbitt <bryce2 at obviously.com>
wrote:

>
> In general feel that more "friction" should be added to the notes process,
> so it's harder to make a note, so there are less notes.
> That process should continue until the production and processing of notes
> gets into balance.
>

Adding arbitrary "friction" to the notes process is not the way to go. If
JOSM is our advanced, iD our intermediate, and notes our beginner editing
method, then adding friction means we'll have fewer mappers and less
interest.

If you find that there are too many notes, then filter out the ones that
bother you. If you have ideas for improving the process of adding notes
(keeping in mind that OSM.org is not the only place they come from), then I
suggest you write a pull request and convince Tom and EWG to accept the
change. I bet results and data from usability testing would help define
what changes should be made.
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