I am a member of some international OSM Slack channels. However, because it requires a whole different app (which I only have space for on my computer), I only check it monthly at best.
On the other hand, I read every talk-au message within a few days of original posting, because they all arrive in my email inbox on my phone. If the number of talk-au emails reaches overwhelming levels, it might be necessary to investigate other solutions. However, I don't think we have reached that point yet. If we ever did explore alternatives, I would prefer an open platform, which we can host ourselves, rather than Slack or some other proprietary system. Regards, David On 20 September 2019 4:31:44 pm AEST, Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> wrote: >Hi, > >On 9/20/19 03:14, Herbert.Remi via Talk-au wrote: >> I will post several concerns and information on several issues, but >the >> first is this platform itself. > >You call this platform a "forum" which is ok in the abstract sense, but >note that there is actually an Australia forum in addition to this >Australia mailing list >(https://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewforum.php?id=24). The forum >provides a slightly different user experience but is used less. > >In other countries, people have set up Slack channels or Facebook >groups >or even more esoteric channels of communication, in addition of or as a >replacement for mailing lists - browse >https://github.com/osmlab/osm-community-index if you want to get an >idea. > >There's no strict rule about where the OSM community should discuss >their issues, however media that requires prior registration with a >third-party entity - like Slack or Facebook - are sometimes frowned >upon >as they give control over who can participate to that third party and >might require the participant to agree to wide-ranging exploitation of >their personal data by a commercial entity. > >In Germany where I hail from, the forum and the mailing list are used >by >about the same number of (but largely different) people, and since the >total number of contributors is large enough to guarantee lively >discussion on both, that's totally fine. Germany also has mailing lists >for individual states but they are used very little, and even >state-specific issues would often be discussed on the nationwide list >to >ensure they get enough attention. > >Speaking very generally, OSM has achieved the success it has with a >"just do it" attitude: Instead of saying, 15 years ago, "BEFORE we >start, let's come up with a good data scheme and a feature catalogue", >people said "let's just start and then fix things as we go along". > >My recommendation would be to just stat discussing whatever needs >discussing on the talk-au mailing list and branch out as the need >arises. If something is worth discussing then a non-ideal UI should not >be the blocker, and if it is, then maybe the issue is not so important. > >Bye >Frederik > >-- >Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09" >E008°23'33" > >_______________________________________________ >Talk-au mailing list >Talk-au@openstreetmap.org >https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
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