On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 10:21 PM, Frederik Ramm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to ask for a quick show of hands on the idea of making the > whole built-in OSM messaging system public (not retroactively of course, > but change it so that anyone can ready any message written in the future). > > I am not sure whether this is a good idea myself, that's why I ask. The > rationale behind this is the following: We suspect that there is quite a > bit of "new user intimidation" going on here in Germany, where people > sometimes almost obsessively "protect" their area against changes and > might, sometimes rather impolitely, challenge newcomers.
A halfway option? Show that user X sent a message to user Y but don't reveal the content? It would at least give you some kind of handle on it, if it's a problem. Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://svana.org/kleptog/ _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
