One is to offer to provide the user with summary stats of what you're learning from their usage for their own curiosity / interest. That helps demystify "what are you tracking" and shows good faith in providing user value and not just being "extractive"
[tantek]
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2025-12-02 15:29
[tantek]: Re: "whatis" tips, I second the motion for adding that to the welcome message because I've seen that cause misunderstandings before, and so I think it could be a good thing to formally introduce when people join.
osteophage
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2025-11-28 23:31