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Help improve OpenStreetMap with StreetComplete (streetcomplete.app)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/foss@beehaw.org
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"This app finds missing map data in your vicinity and displays it on a map as quests. Solve each quest by visiting the location on-site and answering a simple question to update the map."

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[–] 7 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

Just to put things into perspective:

Bottom line, can't automatically assume that someone from South Sudan, isn't richer, better educated, more experienced, or whatever in this day and age (¹). I bet you can find a bunch of "mid class" people with an interest in FOSS in the capital.

PS: once upon a time, I ended up in an FPS game with a kid from the middle east, who after some casual conversation, and some Googling, turned out to likely be the second son of the prince's nephew... and it wasn't a scam, just a kid who wanted to play a game.

(¹: this was the goal of all who contributed to the popularization of Internet access, and it's nice to see it working)

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    My point has nothing to do with money or education, but that Lemmy is practically only used in North America and Europe (with Japan being the exception of the rule). Here in South Korea nobody other than a few immigrants use it. So I wanted to know if this is the same case in African countries or if they are themselves born there and still somehow found Lemmy and started using it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Ah... nevermind then, I read it as possibly meaning something else.

    I've noticed that Lemmy instances seem to be largely populated by "Reddit refugees", which was a mostly English-speaking demographic in the first place. Even in Europe, the (I think) only Spanish instance, has closed earlier this year... but Lemmy itself is a EU-backed project, so there's hope for some larger adoption, maybe.

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