The Fediverse is growing and we have decently successful platforms like Lemmy and Mastodon. What else would you like to see?

Any big tech platform not yet replaced or maybe something new altogether? What are we missing?

  • lokalhorst@feddit.orgEnglish
    23·
    10 hours ago

    I would love to see an alternative for google maps where openstreetmap is not enough. So a system where you can post reviews, photos, menus of locations etc.

    • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      13 minutes ago

      OpenStreetMap is frankly about as good as a crowdsourced map can possibly be.

      And it’s always improving. Mobile apps like CoMaps let you add business information. There are also apps like Every Door, MapComolete, or SCEE, which particularly emphasize updating OSM on the go.

      There are apps for adding photos, such as Mapilary or Panoramax, which are not built into OSM, but built on top of it.

      There have been a few attempts at FOSS review projects, like lib.reviews or mangrove.reviews, although it is tricky to reach critical mass.

      Each of these are huge organizational challenges and data management challenges separately. Without selling ads or mining data, it’s hard for me to imagine a single project that does evey part and does it well.

    • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netEnglish
      10·
      10 hours ago

      CoMaps (which uses openstreetmaps) has the option of adding a link to a menu for restaurants, though I don’t think it has reviews.

    • poVoq@slrpnk.netEnglish
      4·
      8 hours ago

      There is apparently an incredible amount of manipulation and legal fights happening around these reviews on Google maps, so that is probably a minefield any independent open-source developer should avoid.

    • nerdspice@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      5·
      10 hours ago

      That would be neat. It would also be really nice to have some kind of community notes section where you can info on parking, best times to go, etc. Especially for tourist destinations.