Erik On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 5:32 AM, Erik Moeller <e...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> > This is why on all major sites, you see a gradual ramp-up of a new > feature, and continued improvement once it's widely used. Often > there's an opt-in and then an opt-out to ease users into the change. > But once a change is launched, it very rarely gets rolled back unless > it's just clearly not doing what it's supposed to. Are you are familiar with the Flickr experience in the last 12 months by any chance? I think that is a very pertinent and prominent example of what goes against what you say. The Flickr attitude was much the same as the WMF's. That ended up in a revolt, much like the WMF is seeing against it. In the end, they ended up doing what Erik? Also, the other day I received a Flickr email from someone wishing to use an image which I had not taken, but which I had uploaded to Commons. They mentioned that they saw the photo on Commons. When I told them that I am not the author, and that they would need to contact Joe Bloggs, their response: "I'm sorry, this is SO confusing to me." I put that down to MediaViewer and its adding irrelevant information, and also the fact that file information is more difficult to find. Russavia _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
