Hi, > On 21 Apr 2016, at 00:49, Agustin Benito (toscalix) <[email protected]> wrote: > > So my suggestion is: > > * Let's do our best to be transparent about our goals, process and output, > > * Let;s provide a simple way for those who think that collective > ignorance is an affordable side effect of privacy to not participate > on the data gathering, They have the right to think that way and we > should respect it. We should work hard to prove them wrong. We have no > spurious intentions. > > * Let's make sure we establish a trusted process and rely on trusted > people for this action. We already has proven in other areas that we > can trust ourselves when dealing with sensitive topics/info. > > * Let's assume we will be criticized for this. We will need to put > energy in explaining our intentions and motivations but that will > never be enough for some, even if we succeed. > > But let's also assume also that: > > * Ignorance is already hurting us. Again, no, we do not know what our > users want and how they consume our software. This ignorance has deep > consequences for the project. > > * Even if we share a vision, it will be impossible to align as a > community if we do not agree where we are. Speak the same language is > a requirement to reach a plausible diagnosis, a requirement to take > the right actions to accomplish the shared vision. Numbers are a key > part of the solution, not the problem. > > * It will take time, but if we improve as a consequence of this > action, those who do not trust today that privacy and science are > compatible, will at least understand that the sacrifice might be worth > it for most. This is a very positive outcome.
+10^100. There *must* be an acceptable way to collect valid user feedback. It is vitally important to listen to our users, and to quantify their preferences, et cetera, et cetera. I see privacy being used as a catch-all argument to plainly refuse to collect any feedback. Can we please try to constructively find some middle ground? Thanks, Mirko. -- Mirko Boehm | [email protected] | KDE e.V. FSFE Fellow, FSFE Team Germany Qt Certified Specialist Request a meeting: https://doodle.com/mirkoboehm _______________________________________________ kde-community mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community
