On 15/12/14 18:59, Mike Connor wrote:
> We're planning to move to an explicit tag model, where we will
> publish only posts that are explicitly tagged as Mozilla.  This is
> not intended to exclude off-topic content, but to encourage a degree
> of intentionality around the content individuals choose to publish to
> Planet.

But "publish only posts that are explicitly tagged as Mozilla" and
"encourage a degree of intentionality around the content individuals
choose to publish" are not quite the same thing. One is a content
policy, the other is an intentionality policy.

Let me explain with an example: Planet takes all content from my blog
which I tag "syndicate". This includes some Mozilla posts (normally
tagged "mozilla" but some "bugzilla" or other things), and some
non-Mozilla posts. I tag most posts "syndicate" because, up to now,
we've maintained the Planet policy of "send everything", to which I
added the personal caveat "unless it will blow up the community for no
gain".

So saying "we need intentionality" would be fine - I wouldn't change
anything about what I do now. Saying "we want just posts tagged
'Mozilla'", means less stuff I write would appear on planet.

So I think we should distinguish: do we want a content policy, or an
intentionality policy, or both?

Gerv
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