Just FYI, you can import all previous posts from this google group into a discourse site, and it even preserves the authors with staged user accounts: https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-mailing-lists-mbox-listserv-google-groups-emails/79773
One new deal breaker for me with google groups is that now I can't reply from the browser on my phone. This is some new change that happened in recent months I guess. Yes, I can subscribe to emails and reply that way, but my gmail is already clogged enough as it is and this list is very high traffic. For forums like this I prefer to read and interact with it on the web, or else use discord/slack. But for those who do prefer to interact mainly via email, reply-by-email is enabled by default in discourse hosting. I think the default behavior is that discourse will occasionally email you about topics you've missed since your last visit to the site, which I like (but you can turn that off, too). There is a discourse app, too, where I can see and interact with all the discourse sites I'm a member of. For finding things, in addition to the regular search which seems better than on google groups, there is a 'docs' feature, or of course that's where one could link to an official tiddlywiki-based knowledge base that is manually curated: https://www.discourse.org/plugins/docs.html Discourse's managed hosting service offers an 85% discount for educational/non-profits, so perhaps it would only cost $15/month, or else $45/month if you want more features like docs and to have them to migrate the google group for you. I'd be happy to donate to help cover those costs, as I'm sure would many others here. https://www.discourse.org/pricing Another transition strategy with less risk/friction would be to do like you did with the tiddlywiki dev list. Keep and preserve the google group, but open up a new discourse site. If or when the discourse site takes off, start directing people there and gradually fade out the google group, optionally importing historical posts at some point in the future. On Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 8:29:02 AM UTC-4 jeremy...@gmail.com wrote: > > EEK. I have to think about that! > > > > VERY surprised/upset you wrote that! > > > > Confrontational? I have NO intent that way whatsoever. > > My post was in response to Tone's query about exporting from the Google > Group. Your reply was phrased as if I had proposed the mbox route as a > response to your original post, as a way for Mr/s Normal to find posts in > the group, and that you disagreed with me. > > > Merely, in the context of the OP, we do need SOLUTIONS in place, > > Not promissory notes. > > > > I'm NOT sure it can be addressed in GG directly. > > But there IS an issue in that you CANNOT currently, easily, find what > you need. > > > > That question remains real > > And I’ve now given you my considered answer a couple of times: if Google > isn’t sufficient for finding stuff, the only remaining answer is manual > indexing/curation. > > Look around you at what other communities do. Sadly, there are no magic, > secret tools out there. > > Best wishes > > Jeremy. -- 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/bbc130d2-d45d-4cee-83bc-bfd83e0cfa8bn%40googlegroups.com.
