Sander Deryckere <[email protected]> wrote: > > The general threshold is, if you can do it manually, it's not spamming. > > If you can't do it manually, I'd propose to publish the message via many > channels: the diaries/osm blogs, the weekly OSM, the wiki page, ...
I rather disagree Sander, it is not about manual or automatic only. Many other factors could hold weight here: - solicited vs. unsolicited, - requesting something vs. giving something, - possibility to opt-in / opt-out, ... Regardless of 'spam' definition; you could do manually a detrimental communication and automatically a worthwhile one. Blake Girardot <[email protected]>: >> >> I send thank you notes and have had nothing but good responses. I usually >> include a "let me know if you have any questions" sentence as well. >> >> I think people like some personal interaction. If anyone found it "spamy" >> they never said so to me. Blake I imagine your thank you note as individual and highly personalised with dedicated comments, specific feedback and whatnot! ;) What is discussed is certainly on an other scale (more diffusion and less individualisation). maning sambale wrote: >>> >>> I want to send to thank yous to those who joined the Hagupit/Ruby >>> activation. Normally we say thanks via our local malinglist and HOT, >>> would sending them a message via OSM messaging considered spam? In this case I don't think your messages could be considered spam. Activation start/end events are quite rare. This is only a thank you note, not proposing or requesting something else. Note: But it would be even better if people could easily choose to opt-out. And now my two cents: I would say go for short OSM messaging + link to a blog entry. And mention it for weekly OSM. No for wiki and lists. I do not see the wiki as useful here for a temporary and fleeting message. I would see the use of the mailing lists closer to spam because you would be flooding, not even trying to discriminate who was part and who was not. A big general 'thank you' on the lists is nice but much less considerate than making the effort to hand-pick the actual contributors. _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
