I'm sure many others have a lot more eloquent thoughts about Google groups, but as someone who doesn't visit a lot, I think there are a number of problems with relying on Google groups, mostly it's dependent on Google continuing to support Google groups (Google could one day decide to pull the plug on it) and the problem of discoverability. I'm not interested in reading every single post and although I tend to check in every once in awhile, I find it in general the format of Google groups hard to follow. I also think there is a lot of combined content with both TWC and TW5 that creates a challenge with searching for other people's solutions to various problems.
I think Google groups is better for smaller groups. I also agree the size of the community is going to be limited by how many people are going to have the time to put up with trying to navigate Google groups. On Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at 11:05:36 AM UTC-7, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > > I have come to the view that Google Groups are Actively Damaging TW uptake. > > A major problem is that numbers increase so slowly they barely match > natural leave rates. > > *There is something seriously wrong.* > > It is NOT growing and it should be given the immense innovation that has > happened and how goodly flexible TW is now. It should be up there in the > 100,000s. > > This GG is one of the most unfriendly user environments. Its total lack of > tagging leaves the newbie with only ONE option: *hazard a question.* You > need stomach to get there. A new user should not need to ever feel like > that. > > The fact that most every query gets well answered does not detract from > the fact that GG looked at before using is seriously confusing & > intimidating. > > In addition lot of the time you can't find stuff you know is there even if > you been here a long time already. It is a PITA to use. > > My QUESTION is this: is it in TW's interest overall to continue with a > forum that (1) alienates new users and (2) creates hassle for regular > users? (3) Would the hassle of change be broadly welcomed? > > Best wishes > Josiah > -- 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/6f09d989-19a2-4f2e-a230-f83f14453155%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
