Joseph Reeves <iknowjos...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ok, I'll bite... > > >I think this would be missing our audience. If you're illiterate (a > group > Twitter caters specifically to), what are the >odds you're going to be > able > to make use of a map, much less contribute constructively to OSM? > > How do illiterate people use Twitter? > Do illiterate people have no spatial knowledge that could be of use to > the > wider world? Is there no way that Open spatial data could help > illiterate > people? > Is "our audience" people that look at osm.org and don't like social > media? > > In my opinion OSM is going to really take off once we start making > more use > of social media, or other means of participation, such as SMS > messaging > (the sorts of things you couldn't do with closed spatial data, such as > GMaps), and start thinking less of pixels on osm.org > > Joseph > > > On 9 January 2013 15:15, Paul Johnson <ba...@ursamundi.org> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 8:57 AM, Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> > wrote: > > > >> > >> I think it is ok for us to post stuff to Twitter, and I think we > should > >> make room for such news on our web page (many web sites have a > widget that > >> shows the most recent twitter mentions). > >> > >> I would dislike a "follow us on Twitter" button because it will > only show > >> the Twitter signup page if someone doesn't have an account, and > therefore > >> make it look like you had to subscribe to Twitter in order to read > our news > >> - which is thankfully not true. > >> > > > > I think this would be missing our audience. If you're illiterate (a > group > > Twitter caters specifically to), what are the odds you're going to > be able > > to make use of a map, much less contribute constructively to OSM? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > talk mailing list > > talk@openstreetmap.org > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
I think that was a somewhat-snarky way of commenting on how many Twitter users don't spell very well and/or have poor grammar. This isn't limited to Twitter users, unfortunately. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria
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