2009/9/30 Thomas Dunham <[email protected]>: > Tim: I think that's a good point - too many harsh imperative verbs. > > I wonder if Alex's, Francis', and Philip's comments are all about the > same thing. You're willing to sign up, but don't want to commit to
I think so. Basically the nature of my work means that sometimes I am twiddling my thumbs a bit (rarely) and sometimes I am so busy I can barely think, so I don't commit myself to open ended things readily (its why I volunteer for so few bits of voluntary work). Whereas I can often tell if there's a specific task that I can do (I suspect that's in the thinking of others). The last (similarish) website asked people to scan the election leaflets of their local party and post them - in my case I received exactly 1 (for a minor party). Getting hold of the actual leaflets might have taken some time and effort that I could have ill afforded. Whereas a list of "here is a task, can anyone do it?" is a much better semantic - the answer will often be "no" from me but sometimes yes. It would be a shame to miss out on the yeses. > open-ended jobs forever (or to feel as if you committed). If there was > an immediate task you could complete in not much time, this would > create an anchor in your expectations - the first task only took a few > minutes, so the next probably won't take ages. It will also mean that > a new user moves quickly through the whole process of getting a task, > doing it, submitting a response and having that response acknowledged > fairly quickly, which would (hopefully) make them feel more invested > in the site. > A good plan. > Hmmm, what to make the introductory task? Hmmmm.... > -- Francis Davey _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
