Hi Jon!
On 2015-10-19 05:00, Jonathan Brewer wrote:
Hi All,
I've run into a few probes marked private, and when I've found & asked the owners,
they didn't realise they'd done anything restrictive or harmful to researchers by
marking their probes private.
Intrigued at this phenomena, I had a look at the probe metadata. Right now I think
there are 1,534 Atlas probes that are active and connected to the network, but
marked private.
What's the point of having private probes in the network? Do their hosts still"
earn credits they can use on public probes? Should they be? Are private probe
hosts helping the project?
IIRC, we did have quite a bit on the topic of labelling probes as "private", but
I would have to do some digging to find the references to that discussion..
But before chiming in ith my personal point of view, may I ask the Atlas Team
to summarize what the effects of "private" are. I seem to remember that private
probes *do* participate in the built-in measurements. I may be wron, though.
The FAQ says nothing about private probes, so I thought I would ask here.
I think it is pretty useful to have another look at that setting.
Thanks,
Jon
Cheers,
Wilfried