Re: [guadec-list] gender field in registration system

[Mattias Bengtsson <mattias jc bengtsson gmail com>]

On tis, 2015-08-04 at 14:23 +0200, Alexandre Franke wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 7:08 AM, Marina Zhurakhinskaya
> <marinazik gmail com> wrote:
> > Hi Alexandre,
>
> Hey,
>
> > Thank you for relating this. I think the downside of someone 
> > getting
> > an invitation they are not interested in is relatively small, so 
> > it's
> > probably not worth having a separate checkbox for opt in for an
> > invitation. I know people prefer to keep the registration page 
> > short.
>
> That's because you're in a US-centric mindset. There's a difference
> between the law in the US and in Europe: US is opt-out by default,
> Europe is opt-in by default.
>
> European people see unsolicited contact as a very bad thing, and the
> usual "Here's a piece of information about our thing, if you don't
> want to hear from us again just unsubscribe using the link at the
> bottom" is actually not ok.

Oh come on! It's just an E-mail. It's not like anyone's getting
unwanted phone calls, it's also directly related to an event you have
signed up for.

Also the thing about European vs American mindset... Neither Europeans
nor US citizens are homogeneous groups. The opinions will surely differ
more between citizens inside a country or continent than the aggregate
opinion will differ between continents and countries.

Regards,
Mattias