2026-08-16 15:28 UTC
@watmildon@en.osm.town I just found out about this app, through today's #WeeklyOSM ( https://weeklyosm.eu/archives/18803 ), and even though it's a cool concept, I fear this will bring cases of extreme gamification from some #OpenStreetMap contributors who in order to earn a flag, they will do whatever edit, without properly checking what they are doing and if it's proper. I may be overthinking this, but there are cases where #OSM users tend to do more harm with their edits than actually improve things, in the name of gamification/earning points.
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@watmildon@en.osm.town 2026-08-17 03:07
@jimkats@infosec.exchange in my view, we have so much more to gain by keeping things fun and letting people discover things to be proud of than we do worrying about the set of folks who are gonna trash the map regardless. There’s no stopping those folks and worrying about them keeps us from having fun things for the rest of us.