Richard Fairhurst writes: > Something has gone wrong with the OSM community and I wish I knew how to fix > it. Writing code for OSM has become a really thankless, unpleasant business.
Thanks! (that's one less thankless). > But really, why bother? You'll only get crap thrown at you for doing so. > Every time there's even a modest layout improvement to the front page, Go for it. I could possibly care less, but I don't know how. > But for some reason, much of our community expects it, and vocally, > without being prepared to lift a finger to help. Fuck 'em. > Thing is, if you actually look below the surface of the lists and the > diaries and the chat snipers and all of that, there's a huge, silent layer > of contributors new and old, just as there's always been, quietly getting on > with mapping the world (when, that is, they're not being angry-messaged by > "experienced" users to say YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG). I've started a new project. I happy-message new editors when they edit correctly, and simply don't say anything to the editors who edit in a way that disappoints me. -- --my blog is at http://blog.russnelson.com Crynwr supports open source software 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315-600-8815 Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | Sheepdog _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
