On 09/01/2015 14:09, Hans De Kryger wrote:

I think the reason most long time mappers don't communicate the mistake the was made to new mapper
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 is
​ the fact that where​
afraid of getting into a long drawn out conversation with them or it turning into a disagreement and
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end
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up nowhere. Just two frustrated mappers. I would like to point out a case in point. There's a mapper whose page a ran across that said "All emails to me will immediately be deleted without being read."Now how do we communicate
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when we have mappers who feel that way
​ in the community​
 It's hard.
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Yes - communication is sometimes really hard work (a social rather than a technical challenge - maybe that's what the parent poster was saying and I didn't understand?).

Anyway, for those who haven't seen it, I'd recommend watching this SOTM video, not for the "policing" aspects but for the "how mappers interact" bits:

http://stateofthemap.org/session/More_than_Just_Data

Cheers,

Andy

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