I have to say that I too am very unhappy about these “automatic “ messages 
being sent out in my name. I have got 6 of them in my messages at this very 
moment from other validators. They bear no resemblance to the kind of message I 
would send and they are very “patronising”, believing that all mappers would be 
impressed with receiving something as meaningless as “awesome”. Especially if 
they only mapped two or three buildings, or just opened the tile to have a look 
and did not map anything.

Please stop automated messages as they will be more damaging than good. The 
first few messages may well be received with interest but after about four or 
five meaningless automated messages they are just nuisance value. The mappers 
will benefit more from constructive messaging which can only be done on an 
individual level. They will not be fooled with repetitive automated platitudes. 
It will also not be good for them to receive an automated “awesome” and then 
get a comment saying they have not got it quite right and telling them how to 
square their buildings or tag the features correctly.

If they do opt out of receiving, will they also not receive notification when 
they are tagged in a comment? This would be counter productive if you are 
trying to reach out to someone who needs some guidance to correct errors in 
their work, or a more encouraging comment because their work is of such a good 
standard that I want them to know that and encourage them to do more.

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