[Osmf-talk] Quality of discourse

[Kristian Thy]

Agreed. I'm normally not one to announce my departure, but I do fell 
someone needs to tell the oversized egos here that their petty 
kindergarten mudslinging is actively driving disengagement. I've been a 
mapper since before meeting up with Steve and Nick in Copenhagen in the 
summer of 2006, and I'm done now. It's beyond ridiculous.

On 2024-10-21 01:20, Bob Gambrel wrote:

> It seems like monthly or so, about the time a board meeting is 
> announced that the silly emails start pouring in. I share the same 
> frustrations that others have about the negativity (and seemingly 
> uselessness) of the discussions. I have normally just started deleting 
> the emails as they come in.
> 
> I plan now to just unsubscribe.
> 
> For those of you who enjoy it, just keep on bickering.
> 
> You have lost me.
> 
> On Sun, Oct 20, 2024 at 6:01 PM Kashish via osmf-talk 
> <osmf-talk at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
> 
>> In another thread, a member expressed annoyance with the tone of 
>> discussions. And ever since the AGM thread began, I've been feeling 
>> the same way - that a big factor that kills my interest in keeping up 
>> with OSMF affairs is the constant passive-aggressiveness and 
>> assumptions of ill-intent or ineptitude that pervade these 
>> discussions.
>> 
>> It's only an odd one or two members who do so, but they ruin the 
>> environment for everyone. If increasing participation in the OSMF is a 
>> desired goal, this must be tackled.
>> 
>> Are there no guidelines for discourse in this forum?
>> If they are, are they enforced?
>> 
>> The same members are also involved in mischaracterizing things so 
>> consistently that it seems all but intentional. Are there no rules 
>> against that?
>> 
>> PS - I would also like something like Twitter's Community Notes, which 
>> refute misinformation right next to where it occurs, with fewer 
>> chances of being missed. But that will probably require engineering 
>> effort, which is in short supply.
>> 
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