2017-09-27 16:56 GMT+02:00 Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk>: > On 26 September 2017 at 21:39, Martin Koppenhoefer > <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> This might also mean that > >> you have to discuss it via Telegram, Facebook, email, IRC, etc. > >> depending on where that local community is. > >> > >> The talk mailing list is not sufficient. > > > I think this is problematic. If the local community uses a paid service > for > > communication you'd have to pay in order to speak to your fellow mappers? > > The mapping community in the West Midlands of England communicates > most often face-to-face, meeting in a a pub. > > Perhaps we could mandate that anyone wanting to make an automated edit > in the region has to buy the beer? >
you don't only pay with money, e.g. in Facebook you only pay money if you are a client of theirs (buying visibility for your advertizing), the ordinary users (merchandise) pay with data and their privacy. Cheers, Martin
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