[OSM-talk] Simple improvement(s) to openstreetmap.org

[Steve Doerr]

On 10/01/2013 00:17, Rovastar wrote:
> Firstly, I didn't expect so much conversation on this. I must say I never
> really though about the closed nature vs open source of OSM conflict.
> And I am not a facebook user myself (I really dislike the walled garden idea
> that is facebook) and only joined Twitter to see what it is about, I've not
> used it.
>

I'm really disturbed by the prevalent tone in this thread. What's 
'ideology' got to do with OpenStreetMap? After 3+ years of contributing 
to OSM, have I actually been supporting some crypto-socialist conspiracy 
that opposes private-property rights, commercialism, mass-marketing, the 
profit motive, free-market capitalism, and basically everything I 
believe in? I thought I was just helping to create a fantastic mapping 
database. Just because I contribute to an 'open' database, does that 
mean I have to oppose anything that is 'closed' or proprietary?7

As for being accused of being illiterate because I use Twitter... Well, 
words fail me.

Steve