[OSM-talk] Endorsing properietary social platforms (was: Making iD the default editor on osm.org)

[Paul Norman]

> From: Martin Koppenhoefer [mailto:dieterdreist at gmail.com]
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Endorsing properietary social platforms (was:
> Making iD the default editor on osm.org)
> 
> Il giorno 18/ago/2013, alle ore 03:07, Kathleen Danielson
> <kathleen.danielson at gmail.com> ha scritto:
> 
> > in some countries, there's more OSM activity on Facebook than there is
> on the national OSM mailing list, and all that without our involvement.
> 
> this sounds like a problem though, as it could imply you have to be on
> Facebook (or similar) in these countries in order to participate in
> local discussions.

Yes, in some countries the local community uses Facebook to communicate.

I periodically have to contact a local community, so I've looked at how 
they communicate. There are OSM local communities that meet primarily on

- OSM.org forums
- Google Groups
- Facebook
- 3rd party forums
- Mailing lists
- The OSM wiki
- Non-OSM wikis