Hi Yoni

> I'm a new user (thanks to Anne-Laure's promotion of TW) and I have to say I'm 
> really struggling to get going.. 

Welcome!

> But I'm sympathetic to the challenge of creating good help guides for an open 
> source project. Perhaps I will volunteer to help a bit when I'm better at 
> using TiddlyWinks. 

That would be very welcome, it’s demanding work and experience tends to be thin 
on the ground.

> Some of the quick wins that I think would help:
> 
> - consider keeping a curated list of unofficial tutorials. You can store this 
> on a tiddler on tiddlywiki.com and it should link to youtube videos and blog 
> posts that your community has created. Eg Anne-Laure's recent post on on her 
> blog. 

Great idea.

> - consider separating your how-to documentation from other types of 
> documentation. This concept is really nicely explained here 
> https://documentation.divio.com/introduction/ 
> <https://documentation.divio.com/introduction/>. As a new user I just want to 
> see how-to's. 

That’s a really excellent guide, thank you.

> - consider migrating away from google groups in my opinion. Perhaps use 
> reddit or slack as the official discussion channel. Just a personal view but 
> Google Groups has an outdated feel

Yes, there has been a recent discussion about this, and there is broad 
agreement that GG may not be the best option. Meanwhile, there are quite a few 
discussions on Reddit, and Discord and Gitter are also fairly active.

Best wishes

Jeremy.

> 
> You are doing lots right though. I personally think you are right to host 
> docs on TiddlyWiki itself. Its good that you are active on Twitter and that 
> you engage with the community there.
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