Mind if I chime in? I've had a StackOverflow account for five years. Finding answers to questions on StackExchange sites has become so second nature to me that I was surprised by Josiah's questions and comments and the little follow-on discussion this proposal has had. Maybe I've forgotten how StackExchange seemed in the beginning. If you are not familiar with the many communities <http://stackexchange.com/sites#> I suggest you take the tour <http://stackoverflow.com/tour> which may help explain the concept in general.
I find the various StackExchange communities that I participate in akin to the TiddlyWiki community here - generally people seem to eager to help and are forthcoming with useful suggestions. One difference, I think, is that the good answers to questions tend to get voted up to the top. People who ask a question that already has a good (set of) answers will get pointed to that. Rather than the many problems with the Google Group that Josiah has eloquently identified. When I use StackExchange sites I also get a lot of useful information from the comments that the community makes about questions and answers over time. So answers that used to be good but have been superseded over time will frequently get a comment highlighting a better answer. The whole reputation thing can be, I imagine, a little off-putting. Don't let it throw you. You gain some reputation just by participating - I earned some by simply editing one of my proposed questions to improve the wording. On StackOverflow proper I have earned most of my reputation points from one (1) good answer that a lot of people have come across and it solved their problem. To learn more about reputation see http://stackoverflow.com/help/whats-reputation But StackExchange reputation is *not* why I participate in those communities. I participate and use the privileges I've earned (I'm up to editor) because the StackExchange communities have improved my life, making it easier to find answers that are curated by the people who really know something about the technology, whatever that is. By participating I feel like I'm giving a little of that back. So when a Google search leads me to a StackExchange community vetted answer I'll up vote that question and that answer; and maybe spend a few extra minutes doing some of my editor review duties. So I urge participants in this Google Group to join the proposed TiddlyWiki Q&A group <http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/105326/tiddlywiki>. As the proposed group tag line says at this phase of its development "We want to find the best example questions." I don't think the proposed StackExchange TiddlyWiki Q&A site would replace this Google Group; but one could go a long way toward answering well the questions that seem to come up here frequently in a way that can evolve as TiddlyWiki does. -- Jonathan -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/6c1fc137-b5db-4863-9625-abfb4d2c4ab4%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
