[OSM-talk] Friends

[Kate Chapman]

Yes, I'm with Jaakko on the benefit of making things more social.

I friend people on OpenStreetMap when I happen across their accounts.
Not everyone of course:).  Meaning if I see someone's edits who was in
one of my workshops (meaning they continued editing) I friend them.  I
think it lets people know there are other people around and there is a
community behind the map.

A lot of people don't get mailing lists now days.  For example more
information goes back and forth in Facebook about mapping in Indonesia
than the osm-id list.

-Kate

On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 5:02 AM, Jaakko Helleranta.com
<jaakko at helleranta.com> wrote:
> "Maybe we should allow teenage users to shoot nude pictures of themselves, upload, and share with friends."
>
> Or maybe, just maybe, some of the blessed developers who know Rails well enough could help make connecting with other mappers easier/smoother/even_delightful
>
> So, +1 for Martijn's idea(s).
>
> Cheers from Haiti (where challenges in connecting with other mappers in a way that works is one major obstacle in creating a vibrant mapping community),
> -Jaakko
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: Frederik Ramm
> To: Talk at OSM
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Friends
> Sent: Nov 30, 2011 15:18
>
> Hi,
>
> On 11/30/2011 09:06 PM, Martijn van Exel wrote:
>> * Whether the friendee is notified about being friended by another user.
>
> Yes, because I have had complaints from people being "friended" by a
> known obnoxious community member whom nobody wanted to be friends with ;)
>
>> And most importantly:
>> * How could the OSM friend concept be made more meaningful?
>
> Not every non-meaningful feature must be made more meaningful. Burying
> such a feature is also an option ;)
>
>> * Integrate with other social networks (find OSM friends through
>> Twitter / Facebook / ...)
>> * Being able to group-send messages to your friends.
>> * Having friend groups
>> I realize that these are some pretty big ideas
>
> Personally I would consider none of them useful but maybe that's because
> I just don't "get" social. Maybe we should allow teenage users to shoot
> nude pictures of themselves, upload, and share with friends.
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>
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