[Tagging] Bitcoin and Online shops

[Bryce Nesbitt]

On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Janko Mihelić <janjko at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> Openstreetmap has been contributing to the Bitcoin revolution with this
> map:
> http://coinmap.org/
> the problem is that lots of online businesses want to get on the map, and
> I don't know what tags to suggest. Should we invent something like
> office=online? Then it could be further specified with online:shop=clothes,
> online=pizza_delivery, or something like that.
>

The experience at dmoz, the human edited directory, is akin to fighting the
advance of a sand dune with a bucket.
Eventually the dmoz editors developed a fortress mentality, actively trying
to fend off the hordes of spammers, scammers, sploggers, and the occasional
legitimate business owner.

The "open" in "open streetmap" will become a liability, under the clutter
of unverifiable submissions from business
that have no physical reality that is either relevant or verifiable.

--
Perhaps all online businesses can all be put on a island in the Antarctic.


--
A business that a second mapper can't verify exists (with a sign or mailbox
entry) I strongly feel must be excluded.
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