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Request from MP: make more obvious that stats only cover a proportion of messages sent to MPs #340

Open MyfanwyNixon opened 8 years ago

MyfanwyNixon commented 8 years ago

https://twitter.com/Lynda_Waltho/status/757857238841036800

Isn't it possible that some MPs may prioritise private emails ?

or (cynical version) some may prioritise yours & skew results? Think yr figs need a health warning?

...and several more tweets/replies but basically ending in a request that we make it more obvious that our results only pertain to messages sent through our site. This is something we do make v clear in our press releases and blog of course; OTOH we erred on the side of clarity and conciseness for the infographics that we put out this year, which may have been slightly more inflammatory.

IMO any sane person visiting the stats page can see the context but it wouldn't hurt to add a line to the methodology page to underline this.