Have you used IRC before? There's a totally different dynamic compared to forums. It's not only about how many are available - people don't usually leave a GG tab open in the background and answer questions as soon as there are new ones - and that's the usual behavior on live chats like IRC.
Le mercredi 11 avril 2018 20:07:21 UTC+2, Mark S. a écrit : > Whether you get an answer or not will depend on whether someone is > available. I don't see how the platform would change that. > > -- Mark > > On Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at 10:32:11 AM UTC-7, Luca Dorigo wrote: >> >> True, but the point of IRC is not to have retrievable information more to >> get quick help on mostly rapidly solvable issues. If I have to come ask a >> question here, I'm stuck until someone answers, sometimes hours later. On >> IRC a newb can get an answer in the minute and get on with what he was >> doing, which is especially important at the beginning when you are confused >> about basic stuff. >> >> The kind of questions asked on IRC are not the same as on StackOverflow, >> for example. >> >> >> >> >> >> Le mercredi 11 avril 2018 16:59:34 UTC+2, Mark S. a écrit : >>> >>> The complaint is made (sometimes by me) that one can not easily find >>> things in the google forums. But at least you *can *find it. My >>> understanding is that everything on IRC pretty much disappears. If you >>> weren't following and capturing the information, it's gone. If I'm wrong, >>> I'm sure someone will correct me, which is a real time saver ;-) >>> >>> -- Mark >>> >>> On Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at 7:40:52 AM UTC-7, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: >>>> >>>> Two bingos. >>>> >>>> Luca: Until the channel is pointed to and designated as official help >>>>> channel in various places there's never going to be enough people to >>>>> bring >>>>> it to life. >>>>> >>>> There should also be some people willing to be operators... >>>>> >>>> It would be great. But, TBH, I really don't think there are enough >>>> activists here to consistently support that. Its part of a more general >>>> issue that we have a vibrant "community" in GG groups but its proved very >>>> difficult to transfer that vibrancy to anywhere else--though Twitter use >>>> is >>>> slowly growing (with a very different userbase). >>>> >>>> Why? Simple lack of numbers, I think. >>>> >>>> Could be worth trying to see what happens though. >>>> >>>> Best wishes >>>> @TiddlyTweeter >>>> >>> -- 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/dd75360d-841c-4f64-9d4e-8e59f14d8e69%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
