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Everything #OpenStreetMap related is welcome: software releases, showing of your work, questions about how to tag something, as long as it has to do with OpenStreetMap or OpenStreetMap-related software.
OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.
Join OpenStreetMap and start mapping: https://www.openstreetmap.org/.
There are many communication channels about OSM, many organized around a certain country or region. Discover them on https://openstreetmap.community/
https://mapcomplete.org/ is an easy-to-use website to view, edit and add points (such as shops, restaurants and others)
https://learnosm.org/en/ has a lot of information for beginners too.
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What is the easiest way to contribute?
Install StreetComplete, open it, boom, a lot of easy things to do that will help some people out (especially with regards to opening hours, accessibility, addresses and such).
Once you want to do more advanced edits, install Every Door. It's not as obvious what to do there, but it still highlights issues that need to be fixed and is relatively easy to operate; however, you will need to start looking at OpenStreetMap wiki to take full advantage of it.
Then you can move to more advanced editors, such as Vespucci on your phone (wouldn't recommend doing everything from there), ID editor in your browser or JOSM as a proper app on your computer.
I will be honest, I stopped doing it because I got overloaded with all the different types of concrete slabs and stuff.
@pineapplelover If you find a quest repetitive you can disable it in the settings. @balsoft