[OSM-talk] twitter handling

[Chris Fleming]

On 08/09/2011 16:20, SteveC wrote:
> Chris
>
> * Remote searches aren't guaranteed to be accurate. Therefore you're 
> probably missing posts. I do all the time.
> * There are lots of search terms, OSM, openstreetmap, #openstreetmap, 
> open streetmap, open street map ... Therefore you're probably missing 
> posts.
> * Chicken and egg. No OSM answers supplied today - so why would there 
> be lots of questions?
>
> Personally I want the OSM attitude to be "that's a fun idea, let's try 
> it". This costs us basically nothing, if it doesn't work we can kill 
> it. With a bit of luck though, it will result in more mapping.

I didn't mean my comments as criticism, I actually think it's a good 
thing to setup, so count me in. I'm already vaguely doing this and it 
seems so are others, so having a more co-ordinated approach is a good 
thing. Especially if we can filter out stuff.

Cheers
Chris


> On 9/8/2011 8:43 AM, Chris Fleming wrote:
>> On 08/09/2011 00:20, SteveC wrote:
>>> There are a bunch of people asking things on twitter about OSM that 
>>> we miss. Or people saying nice things that we should be retweeting.
>>>
>>> I'm looking for a solution. Mozilla has this:
>>>
>>> http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/army-of-awesome
>>>
>>> and I'm in touch with them to see if the src is available.
>>
>>
>> I have a saved openstreetmap twitter search and keep an eye on it. I 
>> think only twice I've actually replied to people looking for help on 
>> opensteetmap most of it's people talking about osm or various bots.
>>
>> Have I missed something here?
>>
>> Although I can't see setting up the mozilla army of awesome doing any 
>> harm, although excluding various OSM bots will be needed. Helping 
>> people into the community isn't a bad thing; most people won't signup 
>> the first time they land on the openstreetmap page, and once they've 
>> signed up it may be some time before they edit. One regular at our 
>> Edinburgh meetups signed up after seeing a talk I did, but didn't 
>> start to edit for 2 years.
>>
>> So, using channels to remind people and about OSM and give them a 
>> gentle push in the right direction won't do any harm; and a 
>> professional use of twitter is just part of that.
>>
>> The @OpenStreetMap account has over 6000 followers (although a good 
>> number are certainly spam) and I would like to see a bit more posting 
>> than when there is a blog posting and the occasional retweet. So 
>> interesting press coverage or uses of OSM, etc.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>> Chris
>>
>
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