[liberationtech] Survey Results

[Yosem Companys]

So here's the total tally:

1. Make list public or keep pseudo-private?
a. Public 71%
b. Pseudo-Private 29%

2. Reply to list or sender?
a. List 69%
b. Sender 31%

3. Eliminate signature, modify, or leave as is?
a. Eliminate 20.7%
b. Modify 62.1%
c. As is 17.2%

I'll work on revising the guidelines/signature and implementing the desired
changes soon.

In the meantime, if you have any other concerns or requests, please let me
know.

Yosem



On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Yosem Companys <companys at stanford.edu>wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Based on your feedback, a short 3-question survey of the Liberationtech
> community will be conducted to determine what changes to implement.  The
> survey will be conducted through Thursday, August 16, 2012, and aggregated
> survey results will be released on Friday, August 17, 2012.  Changes to
> mailing list guidelines will occur shortly thereafter.
>
> To provide background info on the survey questions, the feedback you have
> sent either privately or to the whole list over the past few days has been
> summarized below under "policy implications."
>
> Should you have any questions, please let me know.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Yosem
> List Moderator
>
>
>
> *SURVEY:*
>
>    - Would you like to make the Liberationtech archives *public* or *
>    private*?
>       - Public
>       - Private
>    - Should reply-to's be sent to the *entire list* or the *individual
>    sender*?
>       - Entire List
>       - Individual Sender
>    - Should we reduce or eliminate the list-email signature text?
>       - Keep text signature as is
>       - Add  "-- " prior to text signature to enable auto-hiding in most
>       mailers
>       - Eliminate text signature completely
>
> *POLICY IMPLICATIONS:*
>
>    - Public or private:
>       - Public implies making the archives public both within mailman,
>       and we would also allow automatic, real-time mirroring of the list.
>        Easiest to do for simplicity and transparency's sake.  Mailing list
>       guidelines would also be amended to reflect the change.
>       - Private means that we would make the archives private and, if
>       possible, add Internet standard email headers or robot exclusions to
>       restrict or prohibit archiving.  Mailing list guidelines would also be
>       amended to reflect the change.
>    - Reply to entire list or individual sender:
>       - Advantage of replying to individual sender includes preventing
>       personal replies from being inadvertently sent to the entire list.
>       - Advantages of replying to entire list include:
>          - Preventing people who forward emails from the list from
>          unnecessarily exposing subscribers' email addresses
>          - Preventing list server from having to filter email to
>          subscribers who are in To: or Cc: (if anything goes wrong, they get an
>          email twice)
>          - Reducing both the strain on the server and the risk of
>          triggering spam filters
>       - Signature
>       - Signature currently includes instructions on how to change
>       subscription options (an issue that constantly recurs on the list) and our
>       Twitter address.  See below:
>
>
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