Editing OpenStreetMap isn't quite equivalent to commenting on a post. OSM allows you to edit anything, which is fantastic but also allows for more serious vandalism. We have seen major cities renamed to racial slurs, for example. As with Wikipedia, the community is generally very good about correcting these issues quickly. It's an uncommon problem that a lot of people work to mitigate. But I stand by what I said: vandalism on OSM is in many cases unacceptable to show to end-users.
The OSM basemap is used in many official publications, in many social media applications, etc. I'd actually recommend using the basemap for most simple mapping cases, as long as it's being continuously updated from upstream (or, it is the upstream basemap). If you take a snapshot of that data, however, you risk capturing some bad stuff. That is a real risk for a company like Meta.
I used to work in the industry. A few things I’ve seen make it into production maps shown to largeNumberOfUsers are phallic objects drawn as lines on the map and series of what appear to be random test lines drawn as roads in the Arctic. Neither of these examples are great publicity if they are discovered on a finished and shipped product people are paying for.
Interestingly, they’re also a lot harder to catch than the slur naming example
No, it's not a huge issue within the OSM community. But surely you see why it's an issue for large companies looking to use the OSM basemap in their projects.
Perfection is an impossible standard to uphold. Even if you do everything in-house, and even if you are Disney, you cannot avoid the occasional scandal:
The OSM basemap is used in many official publications, in many social media applications, etc. I'd actually recommend using the basemap for most simple mapping cases, as long as it's being continuously updated from upstream (or, it is the upstream basemap). If you take a snapshot of that data, however, you risk capturing some bad stuff. That is a real risk for a company like Meta.