23 May 2019, 21:58 by [email protected]: > in-person > Well, it is hard to beat in-person contact.
> , personal emails, slack, etc. > My experience with both and mailing lists is very similar as far as quality of conversation goes. For: > - The same 8 or so people respond to posts out of a community of tens of > thousands of people, companies, non-profits, etc. > - The odd situation of absolute certainty in completely incompatible opinions > from those that do respond. > - Difficult for people to discover. How do we know that the opinions shared > here are in any way representative of the community, given that so few > discover + participate in it? > - Difficult to filter for relevance. Have to set up email filters and/or > specialized search queries. > - Zero real synchronization with OSM editors, the only way people add data to > the map. Blame doled out everywhere, but very little in the way of > collaboration, no real venue for doing so (see previous bullet points). > I see no difference between slack, personal emails and mailing list for this points. Though personal emails are even worse in category "to discover" and in managing separate conversations. Though I am confused what you mean by "Zero real synchronization with OSM editors" > Gripes aside, I have a suggestion: move these discussions to a real forum > system, properly organized around regional/topic-specific/tagging > discussions. It could be a revamped > https://forum.openstreetmap.org/ > <https://forum.openstreetmap.org/> > What is wrong with a current forum?
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