Oh, and you can edit to correct your post :) I have *just run across the road and discovered that side is much greener* :)
On Saturday, 18 September 2021 at 11:12:42 UTC+10 TW Tones wrote: > Folks, > > As you may know I am a regular contributor to the community. I just want > to let you know although I will always support the use of Google Groups, *I > am now only an occasional visitor here.* Without entering into the > detailed evaluations and comparisons these are *my reasons why*; > > - Discourse fixed a number of problems introduced to Google Groups of > late eg code highlighting. > - Discourse has all the standard features of most of the advance > community tools. > - It can almost resemble a chat if more than one person is on line. > - I do not use any email features only online. > - Its easier to keep track of what I have done or when others post and > reply > - Its nice to use emoticon reactions rather than a whole (email) reply > to indicate support, or thank someone. > - *I can deal with a larger volume of activity in the same time* > - Private messaging without using email is possible (off line > discussions) > - I can support new users to Discourse, as I certainly want us to > move, so of course I support it. > - Given the way users have being treated by google eg; destroyed > mobile view I no longer trust Google Groups in the long term. > > There are too many features to name here that I appreciate in Discourse, > but most are reusable skills, because they are available in many other > community solutions, but not in Google Groups, which after all is a > glorified mail list. > > I did not choose Discourse, but because it has gained some momentum and is > more than adequate if not very good *"I just want to leave".* I tried to > encourage a move many times, but most communities are like herding cats, > but now in the case of Discourse its more like "herding sheep" and a pile > of us sheeple, have *just run across the road and discovered than side is > much greener* :) > > I understand there are community members who feel one or more of the > following; > > - finding the transition difficult, > - need solutions to help on the new platform > - are not familiar with these sophisticated solutions > - don't like changing something that works for them. > > I urge you to come over and connect with me @TW_Tones > <https://talk.tiddlywiki.org/u/TW_Tones> I will do all I can to help you > learn how to use discourse and transition (others will help as well). > > Tones > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/feabd9d2-f9f5-45fb-993b-a1887e1af76bn%40googlegroups.com.
