Re: [HOT] sending thank you notes to remote mappers too spammy?

2014-12-21 Thread Heather Leson
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 wrote: > Sander Deryckere wrote: > > > > The general threshold is, if you can do i

Re: [HOT] sending thank you notes to remote mappers too spammy?

2014-12-19 Thread althio forum
Sander Deryckere 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 o

Re: [HOT] sending thank you notes to remote mappers too spammy?

2014-12-19 Thread Sander Deryckere
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, ... Regards, Sander 2014-12-19 17:38 GMT+01:00 Blake Girardot : > > Hi, > > I send than

Re: [HOT] sending thank you notes to remote mappers too spammy?

2014-12-19 Thread Blake Girardot
Hi, 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. cheers, blake On 12/19/2014 3:31 PM, manin

[HOT] sending thank you notes to remote mappers too spammy?

2014-12-19 Thread maning sambale
Hi, 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? -- cheers, maning -- "Freedom is still th