Straw poll on your preferences about opt-in / opt-out for possible data collection
discussion.fedoraproject.org
As you have probably seen, we have an ongoing discussion about a proposal for gathering information from Fedora Linux systems to help the desktop-team make data-driven decisions. One of the most controversial aspects of this is how we obtain user consent — whether that is “opt in” or “opt out”. In the ensuing discussion, it became clear to me that this term has different meanings to different people, which adds to confusion in the conversation. @cassidyjames has a nice post about this and I’m b...

This is a follow-up to the earlier post about a poll by @staticlifetime@kbin.social - the project lead Matthew Miller opened his own informal poll yesterday. Note that this isn’t a formal vote, but it will help show the community’s feelings on the subject.

Please note that this is a “straw poll”, to get a better sense of sentiment, not a referendum or official vote. FESCo is an elected group, and it’s their responsibility to make decisions like this. And, in any case, a web forum poll is far from scientific approach. There is self-selection bias, and can be influenced by the wording.