[OSM-talk] Commenting and thumbs up/down feature for changesets

[Erik Johansson]

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 11:42 PM, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
> 1. a facility where I can comment on the perceived usefulness of a
> changeset;
>
> 2. a facility where I can click a "thumbs down" or "thumbs up" in case I
> particularly like or dislike the change;
>
> 3. a league table showing the most liked/disliked changesets and their
> perpetrators^Wauthors.

IMHO:

There is a reason why there is no dislike or -1 button. This only lead
to mobbing of "most disliked persons", and that possible useful
discussion about tags to be hidden away in yet another discussion
forum.

Maybe removing the private message function in osm.org (like
wikipedia) and replacing it with a forum would be enough. This has
several advantages, such as a possibility to spot predatory behavior
on new comers.

/Erik