[OSM-talk] digg

[Bruce Cowan]

On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 09:05 +0100, Paul Dixon wrote:
> >> In case anyone hasn't seen it:
> >>
> >> http://digg.com/tech_news/Move_on_google_maps_a_web_2_0_map_service_is_here
> >>     
> >
> > IMO it highlights how much we need a new front page that emphasises OSM being 
> > more than just a 'google maps killer'.
> That headline is just awful, and you can see from the comments many have 
> tried to click expecting some open source Google map killer and saw, 
> well, the OpenStreetMap front page. I buried some of the more 
> inflammatory comments and gave a boost to the more insightful ones :)
I also tried to do this as well.

It's a disaster!  Mostly these people are American, so you can't expect
them to know the dangers of crown copyright.

One thing I did notice was vandalism.  Is there any mechanism of
reverting changes done by a malicious person?
-- 
Bruce Cowan <bruce.cowan at dsl.pipex.com>