[OSM-talk] mass mailing osm mappers

John Smith deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com
Tue May 18 08:44:56 BST 2010


On 18 May 2010 17:07, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
> Not sure if that hits it either. You're right about spammers but if you
> map in Long Beach (and are uninterested in mapping LA) and someone sets
> up a SoCal OSM convention in LA, you wouldn't get that invitation... so
> whoever hosts an event should have the option of somehow specifying the
> catchment area for the event! Maybe spamemrs could be kept at bay by
> simply setting an upper limit for messages generated.

This might work ok in metro/heavily populated areas, but it fails
miserably for anyone in regional/rural areas looking for people near
by to socialise with.




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