Nice discussion! A few comments: > I do not think that we need projects to opt in to this. Badges are not aimed at projects. They are aimed at *people*.
Disagree. Projects should have the autonomy to decide if they want to adopt the ASF badging system for their contributions. I do not see why a project would opt-out, but if they want to they should have this prerrogative. > I am worried about gamification and a flood of PRs just to get badges. What’s the worry? A flood of PRs seems like a good thing for projects needing contributions. 😊 > Some people may not want badges; they should not be forced to have them if they happen to meet the criteria. Badges need to be accepted by the awardee before being emitted. > Personally, I do not see the point of them. You are probably not the target audience for badges if you are a seasoned contributor. > I wonder if there are there any privacy issue we should be able to foresee? priv...@apache.org should determine if the privacy policy of the chosen badging provider is acceptable, Badging WG members should not worry about this. On Fri, 8 Mar 2024 at 12:38 Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Rich, > > I don't have specific realistic concerns, I am trying to look ahead and > avoid a "how didn't yiu guys think of THIS!" moment 😀 > > Gary > > On Fri, Mar 8, 2024, 12:19 PM Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > > > > On Mar 8, 2024, at 12:09 PM, Gary D. Gregory <ggreg...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > > > Sure, badging can be fun and it sure seems popular on GitHub: I do like > > my Mars 2020 Helicopter Mission badge (https://github.com/garydgregory/) > ! > > > > > > I wonder if there are there any privacy issue we should be able to > > foresee? > > > > > > I would guess that badges would be derived from data that a member from > > the internet public might be able to painstakingly assemble, but maybe > not. > > > > > > > Every badge that I’ve come up with in brainstorming about this has been > > either 1) based on public information or 2) something that the recipient > > requests (like “I attended a particular event.”). None of it seemed > > particularly painstaking. Do you have concerns? > > > > > > > Should a person be allowed to opt out of a specific badge or the whole > > badge system? > > > > > > As I said in the email you responded to … > > > > >> > > >> For every badge system I’ve looked at, nobody receives any badges > until > > they log into the system, creating their account. That is, these systems > > are all opt-in by default. If people are actual averse to receiving > > congratulations for their activities, then don’t create a badge system > > account. Done and done. > > >> > > > > Whether a person can opt out of a particular badge, that’s more a tooling > > question. I would assume that the answer is “yes” since this is just > data, > > and data can be deleted. > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > > > > >
