[Osmf-talk] Quality of discourse

[Japheth Osumo]

I confess that I haven't gone through all the conversations, but who is
mudslinging who?

On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 11:06 AM Kristian Thy <thy at 42.dk> wrote:

> 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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