[OHM] We need a forum!

[Susanna Ånäs]

I know some people will not like this, but using Facebook has been crucial
in bringing several communities to life. I am very much pro opening up the
discussions. I can set it up if there is no overwhelming opposition.

Susanna

2016-04-08 22:03 GMT+03:00 Andy Townsend <ajt1047 at gmail.com>:

> On 08/04/2016 18:12, Tommy Bruce wrote:
>
>> I would suggest the Reddit page if you guys are looking for a forum
>> friendly page.  Reddit is usually pretty good for organizing and a pretty
>> good forum location.
>>
>> https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenHistoricalMap/
>>
>>
>> Reddit?  I thought all the cool kids were using Slack now* :)
>
> Seriously, I don't think it's possible to do more than just suggest to
> people places where conversations might take place.  As an OSM DWG member I
> often have to try and figure out where a certain community does most of its
> conversation, and they're pretty variable.  Some use mailing lists (some on
> openstreetmap.org, some elsewhere) some use forums (again either
> forum.openstreetmap.org or elsewhere), some use Facebook, some Google+
> (!) and some I'm sure others.
>
> "http://forum.osm.org" and "http://help.osm.org" do have one advantage
> over the others in that they use existing OSM credentials.  If Reddit works
> for people, they'll use it.  If anyone wants to add an OHM section to the
> forum then perhaps ask at
> http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewforum.php?id=8 ?  Likewise I'm sure
> OHM questions asked at the help site and suitably tagged would be answered.
>
> I wouldn't expect a huge amount of traffic though, since OHM doesn't yet
> get a huge number of edits (if I look at the "history" tab over England it
> goes back 4 months).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andy
>
>
> * https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-us/2016-March/016069.html
>
> (or Telegram
> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2016-March/075795.html ,
> or ...)
>
>
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