[Talk-us] OSM US Trails Working Group

[Simon Poole]

Naturally at the time when the US community was more or less forceably moved to Slack, there wasn't a preponderance of usage at all. It was more a question of control.

Am 10. Oktober 2021 20:38:13 MESZ schrieb Yuri Astrakhan <yuriastrakhan at gmail.com>:
>On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 2:25 PM Brian M. Sperlongano <zelonewolf at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> I think it's wonderful that each community is able to decide for
>> themselves which media they choose to gravitate to and coalesce around,
>> whether that be the OSM Forums, Email lists, Slack, an undisclosed pub in
>> Vilnius, or whatever collaboration tool that the community prefers as
>> evidenced by the preponderance of usage.
>>
>
> Thank you Brian, I agree that "the preponderance of usage" should be the
>most important factor to consider. "openness" of a platform is irrelevant
>if only a few fans use it. After all, IRC is by far more open, yet it has
>just a tiny fraction of active users compared with a closed platform like
>Slack.

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