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Some of them had to be dragged kicking and screaming to do the right thing. Facebook initally dumped a pile of computer vision generated data into OSM, breaking
by rmc 7y ago
Some of them had to be dragged kicking and screaming to do the right thing. Facebook initally dumped a pile of computer vision generated data into OSM, breaking everyone, and didn't tell anyone. It was entirely reverted ( more here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17856687 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17856687 ). It took a lot of effort before they'd listen.
- toomuchtodo 7y agoTo get better at something, you must first suck at it. I believe the OSM oversight and governance model can support accepting contributions (data that would otherwise cost time and money from others to collect and contribute) from technology companies, while still ensuring guardrails exist to prevent poor data quality from being contributed (as exhibiting by Facebook and others working with OSM to ensure data quality contributed is high and it is done in a controlled manner).
- rmc 7y agoThere are plenty of people and groups who got good at OSM without making such a sneaky mess. Facebook tried to move fast and break things, and consequences be damned.