Tobias Knerr <o...@tobias-knerr.de> wrote: > On 09.09.2012 17:43, Mike N wrote: > > I agree here - because it would still use OpenID, etc the only > thing > > to lose would be the capability to reuse the OSM password. But as > we > > all know, reusing passwords across sites is a poor security practice > and > > should be discouraged. > > I'm not sure what you are getting at. The concerns are about losing > the > ability to log in to the OSM help installation using the OSM account, > which has nothing to do with reusing passwords. > > > The added exposure through StackExchange can only help. Highly > > technical people are part of the population profile we are trying to > > attract. > > In my experience, new people go to that type of site when they have a > question, i.e. *after* they have become aware of the project and > started > their first attempt to contribute to it or use it. That hardly makes > it > a good recruiting tool. > > Tobias > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
I, for one, am a "technical person", having worked as a programmer/analyst for the last 26 years, and had never heard of StackExchange until the current discussion came along. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
