Or, as the kind and generous gents who provide Tiddlyspot.com did, built it, maintain it, and fund it yourself for the whole community (with ads to supplement the costs, presumably).
On Friday, August 25, 2017 at 11:16:54 AM UTC-4, codacoder...@outlook.com wrote: > > Originally, I was having *very* similar thoughts. Then I realised it > needs to be (essentially) "free" - $$$ becomes a barrier to entry for a lot > of people, which, depending on the topic, includes me. > > It is an intriguing idea, nonetheless. But, as Mat said, the proposed > approach is a "good interim solution" - I don't want to lose sight of that, > initially. It's best, I think, to get something working better than the > status quo that solves the numero uno problem - how the hell do I find > something that solves my immediate problem. A one-top-shop for plugins > (with GOOD explanations in the announcements) might just solve that. > > > On Friday, August 25, 2017 at 10:02:05 AM UTC-5, Lost Admin wrote: >> >> OR, and I'm just spit-balling here, we could all donate $1 (or £1) a >> month to fund a dedicated Tiddlywiki server with forums, plugin library, >> source-code repository, individual wiki sites, and regular video tutorials >> posted by the "staff". >> >> Hmm, that might take more along the lines of $10 (or £10) a month. Never >> mind. ;-) >> >> On Friday, August 25, 2017 at 10:46:50 AM UTC-4, Mark S. wrote: >>> >>> Probably there should be a rule that the actual announcement should have >>> [ANN] at the start of the first line. Maybe a rule that people can either >>> post an announcement or comment on an existing announcements, but not make >>> non-announcement first-posts. >>> >>> I could probably volunteer. Let me know. >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> On Friday, August 25, 2017 at 7:24:16 AM UTC-7, Mat wrote: >>>> >>>> That could be a good interim solution (...no more than 25 years) and >>>> I'm surprised nobody has suggested it before. >>>> >>>> But if it is strictly for announcements, that would mean one has to >>>> post in *both *groups or people cannot come with input. And, >>>> presumably again in both groups for update notices. Not a huge problem but >>>> it is an extra step that is not obvious. On the other hand, if >>>> announcements only then anyone can make the announcement, not necessarily >>>> the plugin creator. Should the creator not be happy with someone elses >>>> announcement of his plugin, then I guess he can request deletion in that >>>> thread and post a new announcement instead. >>>> >>>> Any volunteering moderators? It would be best with several moderators >>>> because of the ebb-and-flow type participation people have (including >>>> myself). So, if a few more are volunteers then I can be one. >>>> >>>> <:-) >>>> >>> -- 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 post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. 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/7236d5c9-4920-4e80-b7ef-addf8e506942%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
