[Talk-us] OSM US Trails Working Group

[Ian Dees]

Hi all!

Sounds like this thread has turned into three different topics. Please
split it into separate threads instead of lumping all into one please?

-Ian

On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 1:56 PM Simon Poole <simon at poole.ch> wrote:

> 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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