en.osm.town is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
An independent, community of OpenStreetMap people on the Fediverse/Mastodon. Funding graciously provided by the OpenStreetMap Foundation.

Server stats:

267
active users

OpenStreetMap

The OpenStreetMap website got a new feature: OSMers can now mute other users. If another OSMer is sending you too many messages, you can “mute them”, leaving you free to continue mapping!

The source code adding this: <github.com/openstreetmap/opens>

GitHubAdd UserMute to control message visibility by grekko · Pull Request #4284 · openstreetmap/openstreetmap-websiteBy grekko

@openstreetmap Uuuh, isn’t that quite dangerous looking when the goal is to create a common database? Shouldn’t we instead encourage more discussions?

@openstreetmap resulting in more work for the DWG, if you ask me.

@openstreetmap Isn't this an anti-feature? If someone keeps bothering you without a good reason, tell them to stop. If they don't stop, report them.