Some people do the Discord thing. I find it too distracting. I don't have the time. Plus it's hit-or-miss when you show up whether the right people happen to me there or not.
We probably should have some way for people to add / edit a shared KB. We've been working with Gdocs so far, not just me, but a few others as well. Would it be an improvement if I enabled the Wiki on the project? On Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 8:37 PM Oon-Ee Ng <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 2:38 AM nug get <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear community, >> As a suggestion from my side, how about replacing this mailing group by a >> forum? >> >> pros: >> - potentially build a structured knowledge base that is helpful >> - user-generated how-to-content >> - control notifications >> - not spamming everyone with your new topic that might be interesting >> only to few people >> >> cons: >> -effort to set it up >> - ...? >> >> @Martin, in case you don't want to do the effort, would you allow me to >> set up the "official beancount forum"? should we discuss this further? >> > > Adding to the cons:- > - one additional venue for Martin in particular (and perhaps others) to > check, wasting time > - Additional internet ID/password combination, increasing threat surface > - decreased visibility of any particular topic since forums are by nature > segregated > > This isn't to vote against the proposal, just putting more context. I > believe forums should NOT involve the dev (especially the dev's time), as > I've seen how much of a time-suck they can be. > > A wiki would have most of the pros you list, btw, without requiring dev > time investment. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Beancount" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CAGQ70et_RD%2BsFHDnh4kkvHQLzPmuHGVHwAzYF2qh1vOhm5MsNg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CAGQ70et_RD%2BsFHDnh4kkvHQLzPmuHGVHwAzYF2qh1vOhm5MsNg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Beancount" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CAK21%2BhNbrQQu1XqaSCg2kDi1CRVzmCDNj7%3DWDGYw73m0EZkevw%40mail.gmail.com.
