On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Richard Weait <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm no fan researchers sending messages to OpenStreetMap users via the > messaging system. I consider them an intrusion. And I've complained > about them here, before. There is another one making the rounds. > Seems like there are more of these every time I turn around. > > I'd like to recommend that you "hack" any such attempts to survey the > membership, unless the survey is organized by the OpenStreetMap > Foundation. Hack them so that the "researcher" is loaded with bad > data and so that future "researchers" are dis-incentivized from > abusing the community. > Richard, I agree with you that we only want "officially supported" surveys. But I do not think we should hack the results. Instead of giving useless data, ask that the author first gain support from the community. We don't really want to alienate survey authors but instead turn them into good community members. Let's create a wiki page, much like for imports, with guidelines for conducting surveys. We could do this by responding to the survey request asking the author to follow community guidelines and asking that people not respond to the survey. Surveys can be a useful tool for improvement. I really hate to see OSM being considered hostile towards research. We should encourage research that will help us build better tools, understand our community better, and help us spread OSM. Clifford -- @osm_seattle osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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