[OSM-talk] Change: How mature is OpenStreetMap?

[SomeoneElse]

On 09/01/2015 14:09, Hans De Kryger wrote:
>
>  I think the reason most long time mappers don't communicate the 
> mistake the was made to new mapper
> ​ s​
>  is
> ​ the fact that where​
>  afraid of getting into a long drawn out conversation with them or it 
> turning into a disagreement and
> ​
> end
> ​ ing​
>  up nowhere. Just two frustrated mappers. I would like to point out a 
> case in point. There's a mapper whose page a ran across that said "All 
> emails to me will immediately be deleted without being read."Now how 
> do we communicate
> ​ ​
> when we have mappers who feel that way
> ​ in the community​
>  It's hard.
> ​ ​

Yes - communication is sometimes really hard work (a social rather than 
a technical challenge - maybe that's what the parent poster was saying 
and I didn't understand?).

Anyway, for those who haven't seen it, I'd recommend watching this SOTM 
video, not for the "policing" aspects but for the "how mappers interact" 
bits:

http://stateofthemap.org/session/More_than_Just_Data

Cheers,

Andy

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