[OSM-talk] Bitcoin Spam

[Peter Wendorff]

Hi Pavol,

probably to part of prevent this issue you could allow your users to add
their non-brick-and-mortar businesses to a separate database you manage.
You could list them in the search, but not show them on the map.
Probably it's possible to work out a solution where these businesses
could define their operation area (e.g. by defining the city, country or
setting it to global).

I guess e-businesses have a legitime interest in being found on a
"bitcoin accepting businesses directory", but not necessarily on being
shown on a bitcoin map.
Nevertheless these are near to each other, so perhaps you could think
about that as well.

regards
Peter

Am 04.12.2013 11:44, schrieb Pavol Rusnak:
> Hello!
> 
> The guy behind CoinMap here. I was invited by mgehling to join the
> discussion, thanks!
> 
> Like it was said, it's correct that I don't want entities on map, that
> don't have brick-and-mortar presence. Sadly lots of people think of
> CoinMap/OSM as a cheap way how to advertise their e-shop/online presence.
> 
> I was and still I am removing such entries, but the interest in the
> service has gone exponential and it's simply too much effort for just
> me. Fortunately more people have stepped up and are doing the same thing
> now.
> 
> What would probably be a good thing is to come up with a separate
> subpage of CoinMap that will explain more precisely how to add a new
> POI, that one has to fill in required geo-data as well and that not B&M
> stuff is not wanted on CoinMap/OSM. Also probably replace the video with
> sets of screenshots, because they are easier to edit in the future.
> 
> Do you want to help with the wording and/or screenshot tutorial? If yes,
> what would be a preferred platform for shared editing of document?
> PiratePad/GoogleDocs?
> 
> Thanks!
>