[Osmf-talk] Unusual message

[Gregory]

The lack of any text on their profile page is the most concerning for me.

It would be good to at least point to a page about the Iran community.
Ideally a deceleration of the messages it is sending, who(which user)
controls the account, and further details of the selection-criteria and
message content etc.

Gregory.

On Sun, 16 Jun 2019 at 19:44, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On 6/16/19 4:37 PM, Ralph Aytoun wrote:
> > Hi, I have received a message from IranWelcomeBot
> > https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/IranWelcomeBot  inviting me to join
> > the group contributing to OSM Iran.
> >
> > Can anyone confirm if this is a genuine request or dodgy?
>
> It is probably genuine but IranWelcomeBot has been told, sevaral times,
> not to abuse the OSM messaging system for what they're doing (namely,
> spamming everyone who has ever edited in Iran with their message). They
> have sent thousands of messages in just a couple of days and are setting
> a very bad example that will get their account suspended.
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>
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