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submitted 3 months ago by vatlark@lemmy.world to c/openstreetmap@lemmy.ml

I first learned of Street-Complete here and I really like it.

It's satisfying to walk around, complete little tasks, and get prizes, scratching a similar itch to Pokemon Go.

Stuck waiting for someone? Add opening hours for a few local businesses.

Have a long walk ahead of you? See if you can add/check house addresses as fast as you can walk.

Want to walk off a few beers before heading home? Complete some tasks in the bar street.

Its a very constructive way to "be right" on the internet.

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[-] RealFknNito@lemmy.world 64 points 3 months ago

I don't like the implication that Pokémon GO was bad when it got a ton of people to go outside and interact with each other. This is cool too though.

[-] vatlark@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago

That's a great point. I probably could have worded that differently.

[-] InsertUser@en.osm.town 13 points 3 months ago

@RealFknNito @vatlark @openstreetmap

It caused a lot of fake stuff to be added to OSM even though its update frequency was slow enough that very little of the fake stuff actually made it into Pokemon Go.

I think it did bring in a few good mappers too though so it wasn't all bad.

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 months ago
[-] kugmo@sh.itjust.works -4 points 3 months ago

This does not. Make. Any sense.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 3 months ago

Time exists. Things change over time. Shocking revelation I know

[-] Nicoleism101@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It was unique time and experience at its peak. People moved on largely and if something as big and addicting as Pokémon couldn’t permanently make it popular then nothing will

It will come back however in different form as the miniaturisation of VR headsets progresses and whenever it will be cool and comfortable to walk in one

Walking with eyes glued to phone gets old real quick and can fucking kill you hence no matter how good game is this formula is dead. Many Darwin awards were handed out. My friend received one and another got just a nomination

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I know the E word is getting old here but I'll say that "product degradation" occured for the reasons of increased revenue which was not for consumer benefit

[-] zeekaran@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

I think they were complaining about the random punctuation.

this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2024
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