Hi, I've said it before but this is not a forum. It is a mailing list. Therefore many of your points seem to have the wrong perspective.
On 25 September 2019 9:00:50 am AEST, "Herbert.Remi via Talk-au" <[email protected]> wrote: ># Discussion A: Is this forum fit for purpose? > > “PLEASE KEEP IT BRIEF. SPACE OF OF A PREMIUM. THANKS, JANE” > >## The Issue > >The forum needs to be robust. It needs to tolerate a lot of traffic. It >needs to work on the busy days, not just the quiet. It needs a >functionality that allows you to manage congestion. It needs to >tolerate diverse interest and writing styles. It needs to have room for >growth. > >**I believe OSM is too important for anything else!** > >If you love OSM, and I am sure you do, then we need a more modern >platform then this. This mailing list is so 90s. > >The good news is there is plenty of options and I am sure that here >there is the technical expertise and ability to put it on a better >footing. > >## Features that would be of value: > >- You need to be able to tailor your view of the content without >intervention of a group moderator or group consensus. > >- You need to filter the content for topics your interest in and topics >you’re not > >- You need to filter the content with posts from people you like and >block those that you don’t (whitelist and blacklist). > >- You need to be able to search by including and excluding keywords, >preferably both in the same query > >- You need to be able to search by post tags, again both including and >excluding > >- Preferable, it would be best to combine both tag and keyword searches >(but many platforms have problems with this) > >- Every post should be tagged with country and state of jurisdiction. >The country could be default and I only suggest it as at some time >other this idea may spread. > >- Provide the option to tag (plain text) the posts with the topic under >discussion e.g. highway, lifecycle, announcement, events, registration, >mapping party, instructions, and message type (“The Facts”, “The >Issue”, etc) > >- You should be able to move between chat groups and follow multiple >chat groups. Slack does this well. > >- A post should be able to include “attachments” that are not visible >until open: office files, photos, PDF, HTML links. This saves screen >space. > >- Posts should have a header. It provides a (searchable) overview and >the actual post could be blended in and out. > >- A smartphone app would be great. Why? Seek data shows most job >applications are done on the app and take less than 15 minutes. It is >remarkable how much you get done on the way to work on the bus. > >- The help provided by this forum should be made available as soon as >it is posted: 365 days a year, 24 hours per day. > >- Ideally, it should support a "forms" function for registration to >group events (or link to an external platform that supports such) > >- It would be great to have a calendar function for events. > >- We need more than a plain text. Rich text functionality is advisable. >A HTML capable editor is an option (transparent). As I have previously >mentioned, "markdown" is a popular modern option support by FOSS/GitHub > >Everybody is welcome in an OSM forum, no matter the interest. We need >everybody we can find to help with this project. We should try to >create an environment where is happy to do what they do best, and come >and go as they please. > >I welcome your comments. 😊
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