[OSM-talk] "Incorrect speed limit" anonymous notes - who is behind that?

[John F. Eldredge]

On 08/16/2014 01:34 AM, Mateusz Konieczny wrote:
> 2014-08-16 8:28 GMT+02:00 Maarten Deen <mdeen at xs4all.nl 
> <mailto:mdeen at xs4all.nl>>:
>
>     On 2014-08-16 01:48, Andreas Vilén wrote:
>
>         This continues to be really annoying, and the obvious spam
>         seems to
>         cluster at a few locations, where 10-20 notes can be created
>         with the
>         same information. The maker of this app must be made clear
>         that notes
>         can't work like this, and users would at least be required to give
>         some contact information. Most of the notes that come from
>         this app
>         are useless and will probably stay in the database forever.
>
>
>     And the notes may be anonymous, but IMHO it is prudent to put in
>     the message or the metadata which app reported it. That way you
>     don't have to go on a wild goose chase to see where it is coming from.
>
>     Maarten
>

If the useless notes are concentrated at a few points, it may mean that 
someone who lives there or passes through on a regular basis is 
alpha-testing or beta-testing an app.  I agree that both a user contact 
and the identify of the app are needed.

-- 
John F. Eldredge -- john at jfeldredge.com
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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