I'm not clear on what exactly the problem is. What problem are we trying to solve, how will making TW appear alive solve it? Alive to who? And alive how?
Yeah, I think I'm either over-analyzing things or things are too broad/unclear for me to contribute anything useful. I do look forward to seeing how this discussion thread evolves. On Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at 5:33:46 PM UTC-3 Mat wrote: > What does "nicely designed" mean? I may find something wonderfully >> designed, while 99% of normal folk find the same thing awful. >> > > So I'm talking about appealing to the 99%. If we look at, say, the > "clothes design industry" we should realize how incredibly narrow our > tastes are if we consider that clothes really could be designed in > unlimited number of ways. Most of us have similar preferences about most > things. (Of course, you and I have our own distinguished tastes and free > minds... and that very belief is another thing we have in common with > almost all other people.) > > [...], and who cares whether it looks abandoned or not? >> > > Before people become full tiddlywikians, then need to decide if they want > to try out TW to begin with. At that stage, impressions and feelings matter > a lot. Things that look abandoned or outdated are generally less appealing > than things that look up to date and alive. I'm pretty sure people are more > interested in a software where it says "October 19, 2021" instead of , say, > "May 7, 2018". > > [...] the best thing is to continously/regularly update it. >> > > Of course, but that means responsibility and effort... > > >> An alternative/complimentary approach might involve having the wiki >> acting a bit like a portal, showing some dynamic content from somewhere >> else so it looks like the TiddlyWiki has a pulse ? >> > > Yes, that is a good idea. Any good examples of how this can be done? > > <:-) > -- 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/ec0cb11f-3633-4bfe-826b-2dd1e1a6fd05n%40googlegroups.com.
