Increasing user testing and feedback (was Re: Bad-mouthing and hostility)

[Tom "spot" Callaway]

On 03/11/2010 10:48 AM, Colin Walters wrote:
> Design strawman: PackageKit updates have a little "advertisement"
> section at the bottom "Participate in testing updates [ Create Fedora
> Account ]".
> 
> While the target audience says that we're targeting people willing to
> participate, that's a far cry from forcing them to before they can
> even boot fully into the OS and say set up Ruby On Rails or browse
> Facebook or whatever they want to do that matters to them in their
> life.

As long as we're still getting in front of them without being annoying
(e.g. "WHY WONT THAT BLINKING PACKAGEKIT ICON STOP BLINKING!!!!!"), I
don't care how we get them signed up.

~spot