Re: [tw5] Re: Alternative to Google Groups suggestion

2018-10-13 Thread Arlen Beiler
I actually mean the stackoverflow.com site itself. That site is much easier to get into and many software libraries use it as their main support channel. On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 3:07 AM @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > Mohammad: The Q & A idea is okay. Problem is that GG activists are small > in number &

Re: [tw5] Re: Alternative to Google Groups suggestion

2018-10-12 Thread @TiddlyTweeter
Mohammad: The Q & A idea is okay. Problem is that GG activists are small in number & some of us are not Q & A people. For instance, I occasionally like to make jokes or write rambling investigations which sometimes turn out to be worth doing even though they are no way Q & A. If it cuts my expre

Re: [tw5] Re: Alternative to Google Groups suggestion

2018-10-12 Thread Arlen Beiler
If we are going to do that, we should really just dust off stackoverflow.com. Most of the wikitext and javascript related questions could easily be moved there. More community-related questions such as suggestions and philosophical think-tank type discussions would continue to happen here. So would

Re: [tw5] Re: Alternative to Google Groups suggestion

2018-10-12 Thread @TiddlyTweeter
I fear you are right. For me dropping GG (with its very significant, deep web history [I was a tiny part of, I guess]) would tell me NOTHING now can last. The implication being: whatever: you now need adaptable solutions that can migrate more easily as it all private companies & we subject to f

[tw5] Re: Alternative to Google Groups suggestion

2018-10-12 Thread Jed Carty
ILYA, I have Bob set up to be multi-user and it would be simple enough to create a system that can receive email and then make a tiddler out of it to be either directly added or checked by moderators and then added. As part of TWederation we made a discussion forum in tiddlywiki which we could

Re: [tw5] Re: Alternative to Google Groups suggestion

2018-10-12 Thread 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki
On Friday, October 12, 2018 at 8:27:18 AM UTC-7, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > > > My general impression is Google feels obligated to it (because of the > history of how it took over several other services that, essentially, > previously formed a public domain). Obligated, but doing as little as > po

Re: [tw5] Re: Alternative to Google Groups suggestion

2018-10-12 Thread @TiddlyTweeter
ILYA wrote: > > It might be crazy idea but would it be possible to use tiddlywiki itself. > Its getting closer. Jeremy recently commented something like "we should eat our own dogfood". I'm not sure about the list being on TW but meaningful Indices to it, Example Materials, Plugin "fetching",

Re: [tw5] Re: Alternative to Google Groups suggestion

2018-10-12 Thread Lost Admin
You mean this? https://www.reddit.com/r/tiddlywiki I don't know who created it. On Friday, October 12, 2018 at 10:37:53 AM UTC-4, Arlen Beiler wrote: > > I think the fact that a lot of groups are moving to it is partly an > indication that it will stay around for a while. > > As far as the prici

Re: [tw5] Re: Alternative to Google Groups suggestion

2018-10-12 Thread ILYA
It might be crazy idea but would it be possible to use tiddlywiki itself. When email is received the script would create a new tiddler. Are the any plugins which implement a forum like solution for tw5? If it doesn't exist how hard it would be to create? It could be useful in other contexts as

Re: [tw5] Re: Alternative to Google Groups suggestion

2018-10-12 Thread @TiddlyTweeter
Arlen Beiler wrote: > Google Groups is free, but Google just announced they are going to close > Google Plus, so I don't know what will happen with Google Groups. I'm > actually surprised Google Groups is still around. > Since Google is a private company its always possible. BUT I think its hi

Re: [tw5] Re: Alternative to Google Groups suggestion

2018-10-12 Thread Mohammad
Alternative solution Question2Answer is a free and open source platform for Q&A sites I think there is an alternative solution. It is to have a dedicated platform for question and answer! One solution is to use the free platform *Question2Answer *(https://www.question2answer.org/) and setup

Re: [tw5] Re: Alternative to Google Groups suggestion

2018-10-12 Thread Arlen Beiler
I think the fact that a lot of groups are moving to it is partly an indication that it will stay around for a while. As far as the pricing, I thought that was just for attachments, but that is a valid concern. Google Groups is free, but Google just announced they are going to close Google Plus, so

[tw5] Re: Alternative to Google Groups suggestion

2018-10-12 Thread 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki
On Friday, October 12, 2018 at 3:52:05 AM UTC-7, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > > >- Unlike for Yahoo, for GG it would not be able to transfer the >existing archives. That's a real downside for a route based on >transitioning. (They write... *"NOTE:* Due to a bug in Google Groups, >we

[tw5] Re: Alternative to Google Groups suggestion

2018-10-12 Thread @TiddlyTweeter
Arlen Beiler wondered ... > Another software community much like TiddlyWiki has been using Yahoo > Groups for years. Just a few weeks ago they finally moved to groups.io... > Perhaps it has what we need. I thought the hashtag feature was especially > interesting. Ciao Arlen Very interest

[tw5] Re: Alternative to Google Groups suggestion

2018-10-11 Thread 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki
At the meta level, who are these people and how do we know they'll be here in say, 3 years? Is there a list of groups they're already hosting? Or a way to review them? Seems like you would want to know how the service has been working for actual groups at size. -- Mark On Thursday, October 11,

[tw5] Re: Alternative to Google Groups suggestion

2018-10-11 Thread PMario
Hi Arlen, Looks interesting. .. The main problem I see is the 1GByte space for the free product. 10GB are 10$/Month and 1TB are 200$/Month. see: https://groups.io/static/pricing -- If I'm reading it right. The second problem is: It can't import the GG archives. see: https://gro