Maning, if you decide to do a blog post summary, let me know if I can help.
Heather Heather Leson heatherle...@gmail.com Twitter: HeatherLeson Blog: textontechs.com On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 1:36 AM, althio forum <althio.fo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sander Deryckere <sander...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > The general threshold is, if you can do it manually, it's not spamming. > > > > If you can't do it manually, I'd propose to publish the message via many > > channels: the diaries/osm blogs, the weekly OSM, the wiki page, ... > > I rather disagree Sander, it is not about manual or automatic only. > Many other factors could hold weight here: > - solicited vs. unsolicited, > - requesting something vs. giving something, > - possibility to opt-in / opt-out, ... > > Regardless of 'spam' definition; you could do manually a detrimental > communication and automatically a worthwhile one. > > > Blake Girardot <bgirar...@gmail.com>: > >> > >> I send thank you notes and have had nothing but good responses. I > usually > >> include a "let me know if you have any questions" sentence as well. > >> > >> I think people like some personal interaction. If anyone found it > "spamy" > >> they never said so to me. > > Blake I imagine your thank you note as individual and highly > personalised with dedicated comments, specific feedback and whatnot! > ;) What is discussed is certainly on an other scale (more diffusion > and less individualisation). > > > maning sambale wrote: > >>> > >>> I want to send to thank yous to those who joined the Hagupit/Ruby > >>> activation. Normally we say thanks via our local malinglist and HOT, > >>> would sending them a message via OSM messaging considered spam? > > In this case I don't think your messages could be considered spam. > > Activation start/end events are quite rare. > This is only a thank you note, not proposing or requesting something else. > > Note: But it would be even better if people could easily choose to opt-out. > > > And now my two cents: > I would say go for short OSM messaging + link to a blog entry. And > mention it for weekly OSM. > No for wiki and lists. > I do not see the wiki as useful here for a temporary and fleeting message. > I would see the use of the mailing lists closer to spam because you > would be flooding, not even trying to discriminate who was part and > who was not. A big general 'thank you' on the lists is nice but much > less considerate than making the effort to hand-pick the actual > contributors. > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >
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