Yes. I'll make some changes along these lines. Seb
2009/9/30 Timothy Green <[email protected]>: > It seems like it's a problem of language then - if tasks are "suggested" > or "available" rather than "assigned", then I feel it would perhaps be > more acceptable. I think of it more like a targeted volunteers mailing > list than a slave driver. > > -t > > Philip Potter wrote: >> 2009/9/30 Seb Bacon <[email protected]>: >> >>> Yes, I've already had that feedback from friends. The whole point of >>> the site is exactly that, though; if you want to help out on >>> unspecified, democracy-related tasks, you can do so here. >>> >>> So, not sure how we'd fix that. Perhaps add a sentence on the front >>> page to the effect that you can opt out at any time? Explain that >>> you're not committing yourself to doing anything, just opting into a >>> list of people who might want to do something? Change the model so >>> you're signing up to a particular task? >>> >> >> I could get behind this; while I'm happy to receive alerts about >> things that need doing locally, I only promise to do the ones that I >> explicitly sign up to. Some sort of assignment tool would also to help >> divvy up tasks and avoid duplication of effort. >> >> I don't like the "opt-out" idea; it suggests that, until you opt out, >> you're expected to get involved with everything advertised. This is >> not realistic and I imagine it would turn people off from signing up. >> >> I think many of the objections would disappear once the site has got >> going and people can scan it for lists of recent tasks people have >> done -- such a live list of examples would demonstrate what is >> actually involved and what you are signing up to. But clearly we don't >> currently know ourselves exactly what is going to be involved. Perhaps >> it would be good to actually start doing some tasks in some of the >> hip, laptop-wielding constituencies as a demonstration to others of >> what is involved? >> >> Phil >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list [email protected] >> Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: >> https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list [email protected] > Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > -- skype: seb.bacon mobile: 07790 939224 _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
