Does the MapRoulette program itself log into the API with an ID? If so, it should be possible to have a category of "user IDs" that have the privilege of sending it through the API, without opening the door to just anyone to send messages.
On May 5, 2014 8:52:43 AM CDT, Serge Wroclawski <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey all, > > MapRoulette has made a choice to try to collect as little data from > our users as possible. We don't require a separate login other than > from osm.org, we don't collect email addresses or anything else. > > This is good for MapRoulette users, and I think good for OSM in > general that we don't have lots of separate systems. > > The problem is that we are needing to send messages to users. Ideally, > those messages would go through osm.org. > > Otherwise, we have to build our own messaging system, or start > collecting user information (email address, etc.). > > > The reason I've been told that we don't allow for an API to messaging > is that we don't want spam, but: > > 1. This is a legitimate issue, of needing to message users, both in > this context and in other contexts (DWG comes to mind of a place where > we would benefit from this). > > 2. We already have spam issues on osm.org. I clean up spam not > infrequently in the form of notes, which can be anonymous, but we also > get spam from signed in users, as well as profiles, etc. > > 3. I'm not arguing that we need to make this feature available to > every single user, but it might be a nice thing to allow for some use > cases as above. > > > What do others think? > > - Serge > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev -- John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] "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. _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
