Idea: Allow users to include their contact info in their profiles
Steve Phillips / @elimisteve PublicSeen by 108We can get into specifics in a proposal, but the idea is that, right now, it's hard to send someone a message or "friend" them through Loomio; there's no private messaging (can't chat, nor ask for contact info), and we can't find each other on other sites because we don't know each other's usernames!
This would arguably also make it unnecessary for private messaging to be implemented on Loomio; users can contact each other some other way... but only if they can trade contact info.
It's important for users to be able to control the privacy permissions/visibility of their data, but again, we can save those specifics for a particular proposal.
@christaklis The privacy risks are only proportional to what people put in their profile, which could be as minimalist as Twitter's.
I'd like to be able to link people to my personal homepage, Twitter feed, and GitHub page. It wouldn't have to be a completely public profile, either.
What do you think of the profile only being visible to other Loomio users, or some other privacy-enhancing restriction?
@christaklis If you don't want people knowing your phone number, don't put it in your profile :-).
@christaklis If you'd prefer private messaging between users, see this discussion on exactly that: https://www.loomio.org/d/Vln2MwPC
Allow users to include in their profiles (at least) their email address, Twitter username, and a custom URL (website, blog, etc)
proposal by Steve Phillips / @elimisteve Closed Fri 5 Dec 2014 5:04PM
The profile would only be visible to other Loomio users, and would absolutely NOT be public by default! And NONE of this info would be required.
Results
| Results | Option | Votes | % of votes cast | % of eligible voters | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agree | 13 | 100 | 5 |         | |
| Abstain | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Disagree | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Block | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Not voted | 262 | 95 |              |
If democracy is going to flourish, we need the ability to connect with each other.
We need the ability to (optionally) connect with each other and make friends outside of Loomio, and this seems like the best, simplest, and most universally-useful way to achieve this.
A simple, optional, arbitrary text field could serve this purpose -- people could put contact info in there if they wanted, and not if they didn't.
If it's done, I would prefer a simple single data entry field, where someone could put multiple links if they personally desired.
Text field for profiles is already in the backlog: https://trello.com/c/qlqkI6vS
This is a good idea and I've voted it up in the roadmap
Communication between members is important particularly if the discussion is not related to the group or discussion directly.
You can find my contact data via my Loomio profile.
I think it would be ok for a user to optional make the information public, but I agree the option to hide it and require consent is a good idea.
makes lots of sense to me!
Allow users to include in their profiles (at least) their email address, Twitter username, and a custom URL (website, blog, etc)
proposal by Steve Phillips / @elimisteve Closed Fri 5 Dec 2014 5:04PM
The profile would only be visible to other Loomio users, and would absolutely NOT be public by default! And NONE of this info would be required.
Results
| Results | Option | Votes | % of votes cast | % of eligible voters | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agree | 13 | 100 | 5 | | |
| Abstain | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Disagree | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Block | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Not voted | 262 | 95 |           |
If democracy is going to flourish, we need the ability to connect with each other.
We need the ability to (optionally) connect with each other and make friends outside of Loomio, and this seems like the best, simplest, and most universally-useful way to achieve this.
A simple, optional, arbitrary text field could serve this purpose -- people could put contact info in there if they wanted, and not if they didn't.
If it's done, I would prefer a simple single data entry field, where someone could put multiple links if they personally desired.
Text field for profiles is already in the backlog: https://trello.com/c/qlqkI6vS
This is a good idea and I've voted it up in the roadmap
Communication between members is important particularly if the discussion is not related to the group or discussion directly.
You can find my contact data via my Loomio profile.
I think it would be ok for a user to optional make the information public, but I agree the option to hide it and require consent is a good idea.
makes lots of sense to me!
@sirwumpus For this proposal, I meant having designated fields per each service: "Email", "Twitter", and "Other URL". Shall I add a "Bio" text area to this proposal?
@gregorycassel @sirwumpus New proposal, of just one big "Bio" or "Profile" text area? What should the name of the field be?
EDIT: See next comment.
@gregorycassel @sirwumpus IMO it's nice to see a little email icon next to someone's email address, the twitter logo/bird next to their Twitter username/URL, etc, don't you? Again, these fields would be optional. And we can add a text area if you want; that sounds great to me.
@elimisteve perhaps simply "Contact Info". I think that either "Profile" or "About Me" would be fine, too. It might be best to get more feedback and ideas before creating a new proposal.
I think the most efficient proposal would probably be a bit simpler than the current one, but not so specific as naming the data entry field. I.e., "Allow users to include contact info in their Loomio profile." But the current proposal seems alright to me.
There is already a card n the backlog to have a text field in your profile so you can put whatever you want in it:
So, this conversation is pretty much done-and-dusted, but I was thinking, it might make sense to have a per-group-per-user profile field, as well as a global-per-user profile field. This would make sense for users that have information that they want to share with a group that is not relevant to other groups (e.g. different email contacts for different aspects of your life)..
bump this idea
i think it has many privacy risks that proposal.
It's not that you share your info with friends but with whole community/group which maybe you don't know anyone.
I think it's much safer person-to-person messaging system through loomio without contact informations are available as telephone or email.