Maybe the reason for the bad grammar of Twitter users is the 140 character limit, this people drop out words or letters to make it fit.
Shaun On 9 Jan 2013, at 16:21, John F. Eldredge <j...@jfeldredge.com> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
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