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I remember reading your blog post a year or so ago when I was really starting to dive into OSM contributions and community. I guess I don't have much to say other than thank you for caring about the future of OSM (as many do) and writing your post. I'm sorry to hear you've been attacked!! I'm hopeful too that much needed political and technical changes will come eventually, even if late. Thank you for your contributions to the community and data.

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There are reasons why the community leadership was poor. It had to do with both the culture of the project (being a grass roots project) and then a fear of change.

That fear came from lack of vision. Without a vision to to work towards, forces tended to see the best path forward as "No change", since no change is safest.

I hope that this new entity can do something good with this data, and use their vision to build something really great!

> a fear of change

Very common, in any human community, but pure poison, in a technical one.

Insistence on structure, is often derided as “fear of change,” but it’s a very different animal.

Sorry to hear about your experience, but I have dealt with similar behavior. In my case, I’m actually a fairly cantankerous, stubborn bastard, and bulled my way through.

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